Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 307 



Fantee (type exam.) ; id. Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 61^ ''Gaboon 

 ( Verreaux) " ! 



t Nigrita canicapilla, Rochebrune^ Faun. Senegamb. 1884, 

 p. 236, Casamanse, Gambia. 



Hab. W. Afr,, Gold Coast and ? Senegambia {Rochebrune). 



a. February, Abouri {Shelley). 



7. NiGRITA BICOLOR. 



Pytelia bicolor, Hartl. Syst. Verz. Brem, 1844, p. 76, Gold 

 Coast. 



Nigrita bicolor, Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 83. 



Percnopis bicolor, Hein, J. f. O. 1860, p. 144. 



Hab. W. Afr., from the Congo to Senegambia. 



a. January, Cape-Coast Castle [Shelley), b. February, 

 Abouri [Shelley). 



2. Philet^rus. 



1837. Philetairus, Smith, Charlesworth's Mag. Type. 



Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 536 P. socius. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Mantle dark brown, with pale brown edges to the fea- 



thers. Breast pale brown, with a patch on the sides 



of the body of black feathers edged with buff 8. P. socius. 



b. Mantle uniform pale brown. 



b^. Crown black. Underparts white, with the sides of 

 the body brown, mottled with large black blotches ; 

 central line of the breast similarly mottled 9. P. cdhanist, 



c\ Crown white. Underparts uniform brown, like 



the mantle 10. P. arnaudi. 



8. PniLETiERUS SOCIUS. 



Loxia socia, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 381, Cape. 

 Ploceus socius, Cuv. Regne An. i. 1817, p. 384. 

 Coccothraustes socia, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 540. 

 Philetairus lepidus, Smith, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1837, p. 536. 



Euplectes lepidus, Swains. An. in Menag. 1838, p. 309. 

 Phileteerus lepidus, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1838, pi. 8. 

 Hab. S. Afr., between about 20^' and 30° S. lat. 



