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rather stronger bill and very distinctly marked pale edges to 

 the wing-feathers. 



157. Ploceus melanocephalus. 



Coccothraustes gambiensis, Briss. Oru. iii. 1760, p. 230, 

 descr. good. 



Loxia melanocephala, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 859, ex Briss. 



Coccothraustes melanocephala, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, 

 p. 523. 



1 Fr'mgiUa capitalis, Liicht. (nee Latham), Verz. Doubl. 

 1823, p. 28, descr. defect., Senegal. 



Ploceus cucullatus, Swains, (nee Miill.), B. W. Afr. ii. 

 1837, p. 261 ; Beichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 79, pi. 38. fig. 291, 

 very bad. 



Textor cucullatus, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 441, ex Swains. 



Hyphantornis capitalis, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 148, 

 ex Licht. 



Hyphantornis cucullatus, Hartl. t. c. p. 125, ex Swains. 



Ploceus capitalis, Beichen. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, p. 133. 



Hab. W. Africa : Senegambia. 



«, cJ . Gambia. 



[Ploceus duboisi, Hartl. Bull. Mus. Boy. Hist. Nat. Belg. 

 iv. 1886, p. 144, pi. 4. fig. 1. 



I have not examined a specimen of this supposed new 

 species, which was collected in the neighbourhood of Lake 

 Tanganyika by M. Storms. The type is undoubtedly an 

 adult male in full plumage of a species very closely allied to, 

 if not identical with, P. melanocephalus, which is the same as 

 the P. capitalis, Beichenow (nee Lath.). 



The measurements given I cannot rely upon, as the two 

 specimens referred to this species are said to difi'er in the 

 lengths of their wings by 1*5 inch — an evident error. 



As Dr. Beichenow is said to consider this to be a good 

 new species, its characters must have been overlooked in the 

 original description and figure.] 



158. Ploceus dimidiatus. 



? Ploceus affinis, Heugl. Sitz. math.-nat. CI. Ak. Wien, xix. 

 1856, p. 37. no. 366 ( ? ?, type exam. Berlin Mus.). 



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