258 Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 



354. Hyphantornis nigriceps. 



Hyphantornis nigriceps Layard; Neave, loc. cit. p. 98. 



No. 140. <$ . Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., April 4, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet brownish ; iris orange-scarlet. 



No. 192. ? . Upper Lualaba R., 3500 ft., May 17, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet brownish 

 flesh-coloured ; iris dark brown. 



No. 321. S ad. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 13, 1907. 



Bill black; feet horn-brown ; iris red. 



No. 589. ? . Chishi Island, L. Bangweolo, June 28, 

 190*. 



Hill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet brownish 

 pink ; iris scarlet. 



No. 718. ? . Kalungwisi R., Sept. 11, 1908. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured ; feet pale brownish ; iris 

 reddish orange. 



A common and universally distributed species, which nests 

 in large colonies in reeds on river-banks or on trees which 

 overhang the water. 



355. Hyphantornis cabanisi. 



Hyphantornis cabanisi Peters; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 73. 

 No. 151. cf . Mazanguli, mid-Lualaba Valley, April 24, 

 1907. 



Bill black ; feet silver-grey ; iris pale sulphur-yellow. 



356. Hyphantornis shelleyi. 



Hyphantornis shelleyi Sharpe ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 98. 



No. 457. S & d. (summer) . Petauke, Jan. 5, 1908. 



Bill black ; feet reddish flesh-coloured; iris orange-red. 



Not met with out of the Luangwa Valley, where it is local. 

 It is usually found in colonies, and nests in Mimosa-trees. 

 It is one of those Weavers which associate their nests with 

 those of the ferocious wasps of the genus Polistes. 



357. Hyphantornis vitellina. 



Hyphantornis vitellina (Licht.) ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 81. 

 Nos. 595, 596. S ? • L- Bangweolo, July 5, 1908. 

 Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet brown ; 

 iris — £ scarlet, ¥ brown. 



