Bii'ds of Cameroon Mountain. 517 



British Museum of typical H. insignis, I have come to the 

 same conclusion as Shelley and Dr. Reichenow, i. e., that 

 it is impossible to separate the Cameroon and Mount Elgon 

 birds. 



The bird from Cameroon has already received two or 

 three names, and was first described by Dr. Reichenow^ from a 

 not quite adult specimen procured by Preuss on Cameroon 

 Mt. as Sympledes croconotus (J. f. O. 1892, p. 185 : Buea). 

 Subsequently an adult was obtained by Sjostedt and figured 

 (Sv. Ak. Handl. Stockh. vol. xxvii. 1895, pi. ix.). Ac- 

 cording to Reichenow, Sij^vplestes preussi Reichw. and 

 <S. castanicapillus Sjost. are also synonyms of H. insignis. 

 I have not the material to decide whether S. castanicapillus 

 is synonymous, but S. preussi certainly is not and must be 

 kept separate, as this bird does not obtain the deep 

 chestnut cap. 



The wing-measurements of H. insignis from east Africa 

 and from Cameroon show very slight differences : — 



E. Africa. Cameroon Mt. 



c? , 82-88 mm. S , ^0 mm. 



? , 79-82 mm. ? , 81-82 mm. 



[Pound in the forest above 7000 ft. ; rare. — B. A.] 



62. Heterhyphantes melanogaster. 



Ploceus melanogaster Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, 



p. 126, pi. xiv. fig. 2 : Cameroon Mt. 



a-c. $ S ad. et ? juv.~) ^ ,^, ... „„ 



/^T -. ^ as ^Cameroon Mt. in. 09. 



(Nos. 1, 5, &6). J 



d. S ad. (No. 3). „ „ 29. iii. 09. 



e. c? imm. (No. 4). „ „ 6.iv. 09. 

 /. S ad. (No. 2). „ „ 10.iv.09. 

 g.S^^- (No. 7). . ., „ 21.iv.09. 

 /i. ? imm. (No. 8). „ „ 22.iv.09. 



A fine series of this beautiful Weaver-finch was secured. 



Cameroon Mountain is the type locality of this species, 

 but it apparently ranges across Africa as far as Naudi. 

 Specimens have been obtained in Fernando Po. 



