38 Captain G. E. Shelley 07i the 



Textor rubiginosus. Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 442. 

 Hyphantornis castanosoma, Reiclien. Orn. Centralbl. 1881, 

 p. 79, Berbera; id. J. f. O. 1881, p. 334. 



Hab. N.E. and E. Africa : from Abyssinia to Ugogo. 



167. Ploceus castaneofuscus, 



Ploceus castaneofuscus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 99, Casa- 

 manse. 



? Ploceus isabellinus, Less. t. c. p. 226, ? ?, Sierra Leone. 



Hyphanto7-nis castaneofusca, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 

 1849, p. 351. 



? Hyphantornis isabeUma, Gray & Mitchell, 1. c. 



Textor castaneofuscus, Bp, Consp. i. 1850, p. 442. 



Ploceus [Cinnamopteryx) castaneofuscus, Beichen. Zool. 

 Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, p. 126. 



Hab. W. Africa : from the Congo to Senegambia. 



This species has been recorded from Nubia by Heugiin, 

 on the authority of a single specimen, bnt I agree with Dr. 

 Beichenow that there must be a mistake. 



168. Ploceus tricolor. 



Ploceus collaris, J. E. Gray (nee Vieill.), Zool. Misc. i. 

 1831, p. 6. 



Hyphantornis tricolor, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 110, Sierra 

 Leone. 



Ploceus tricolor, Beichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 81. 



Hyphantornis fusco-castanea, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1880, 

 p. 58, Bio Loemma; id. Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 558. 



Hab, W. Africa : from the Congo to Sierra Leone. 



Mr. T. E. Buckley, while with me at Abouri in the Agua- 

 pim mountains, shot out of a single flock two typically 

 coloured P. tricolor and one Hyphantornis fusco-castanea, 

 Bocage. I therefore feel no doubt that the latter form is 

 only the immature of the present species. 



169. Ploceus nigerrimus. 



Ploceus nigerrimus, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. 1819, p. 130, 

 Congo. 



Ploceus niger, Swains. An, in Menag. 1838, p. 306 (type 

 exam, Paris Mus.). 



