40 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



g^. With tlae entire head, back, and sides 



of the neck black M. scutatus, 5 , 



g^. With the entire throat and front half 



of the head orange-red 175. M, riibropersonatus. 



c. Under tail-coverts yellow. Crown, neck, 

 and lower throat orange-red. Upper 

 throat and sides of head black 176. M. rachelice. 



170. Malimbus malimbicus. 



Tanagra malimbica, Daud. Ann. clu Mus. i. 1802, p. 151, ? , 

 pi. 10. fig. 2. 



Malimbus cristatus, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805^ p. 71, pi. 43, 

 2 , Congo. 



Ploceus cristatus, Vieill. N. D, xxxiv. '1819, p. 129, ? , 

 Congo. 



Ploceus rubricollis, Swains. An. in Meuag. 1838^ p. 306, 

 ex Vieill. pi. 43, ? . 



Euplectes rufovelatus, Fraser_, P. Z. S. 1842^ p. 142, Fer- 

 nando Po; id. Zool. Typ. pi. 46. 



Sijcobius malimbus, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 438. 



Malimbus rubiicollis, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 133, 

 Gaboon, 



Sycobius nuchalis, Elliot, Ibis, 1859, p. 393, Gaboon. 



Sycobius rubricollis, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 90, pi. 61. 

 figs. 33.2-334. 



Malimbus rufovelatus, Sharpe^ Cat. A£r. B. 1871, p. 60. 



Hab. W. Africa : from the Congo to the Gold Coast and 

 Fernando Po. 



171. Malimbus cristatus. 



Tanagra malimbica, Daud. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist, i. 1802, 

 p. 151, c?,pl. 10. fig. 1. 



Malimbus cristatus, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 71, pi. 42, 

 (J (type exam. Paris Mus.). 



Ploceus cristatus, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. 1819, p. 129, Sj 

 Congo. 



Sycobius cristatus, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii, 1849, 

 p. 352. 



Sycobius nigrifrons, Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 356, Eio 

 Boutrv. 



