Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 35 



no locality. Although Lathaui^'s description is poor and his 

 illustration shockingly bad, he describes his bird as having 

 the entire head black, being five inches in length, and with 

 the breast "" of a fine yellow, inclining to orange/^ From its 

 nearest allies it may be distinguished thus : P. melanocepha- 

 lus has the breast pale yellow with no orange shade, nape 

 yellow. P. dimidiatus and P. badius have the chest chestnut. 

 All the other entirely black-headed species are larger. 



161. Ploceus grandis. 



Ploceus collaris, Fraser (nee Vieill.), P. Z. S. 1842, p. 143, 

 St. Thomas Is. (type exam. Brit. Mus.) ; id. Zool. Typ. 

 pi. 45. 



Hyphantornis grandis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. 1849, p. 351, ex 

 P. collaris, Fraser. 



Ploceus grandis, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 83, pi. 51. 

 fig. 307. 



Hub. W. Africa : St. Thomas Is. 



162. Ploceus cinctus. 



? Ploceus collaris, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. 1819, p. 129, Angola, 

 Congo, Senegal. 



'^Hyphantornis collaris, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 126, 

 ex Vieill. 



Hyphantornis cincta, Cass. Pr. Ac. Pliilad. 1859, p. 133, 

 Camma R. ; id. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 184, pi. 23. fig. 2. 



Ploceus cincta, Beichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 80. 



Hab. S. and W. Africa : from Benguela to the Gold Coast. 



In the British Museum there are three specimens from 

 Fantee, but they are all immature. 



163. Ploceus nigriceps. 



Hyphantornis larvatus, Sclat. (nee Riipp.), P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 110, Uzaromo. 



Hyphantornis nigriceps, Layard, B. S. Afr. 1867, p. 180, 

 Kuruman. 



Hyp)hantornis cucullatus, Bocage (nee P. L. S. MiilL), Jorn. 

 Lisb. 1867, p. 334, Capangombe. 



Ploceus nigriceps, Beichen. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, 

 p. 137. 



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