in Uganda and on the Upper Congo. 277 



Hyphantornis feminina Grant. 



Hyphantornis feminina Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 15 

 (1907). 



No. 5189. a. (J imm. Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 

 2000 ft., 9th Feb. 



Iris orange ; bill black ; feet brown. 



This specimen is apparently an immature male of this 

 specieSj which I recently described as different from H. abys- 

 sinicus (Gmel.), the female having the under parts mostly 

 yellow as in H. cucullatus (Miill.). 



Hyphantornis xanthops Hartl. 



Ploceus xanthops Reich, iii. p. 88 (1904). 



Xanthophilus xanthops Shelley, iv. p. 483 (1905). 



No. 5058. a. S - I^ake Kivu, 4900 ft., 30th Nov. 



No. 5111. b. c?. North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 29th Dec. 



Iris white ; bill black ; feet brown. 



A series of Hartlaub^s Golden Weaver-Finch was obtained 

 on Ruwenzori, but the great majority of the specimens 

 procured were immature birds. The types of H. xanthops 

 (Hartl.), /iT. camburni Sharpe, audH. jamesoni Sharpe are all 

 in the British Museum, and after comparing these and 

 examining the fine series now available I must agree with 

 Captain Shelley in regarding the two latter as synonyms of 

 the former. 



Malimbus cassini (Elliot). 



Malimbus cassini Reich, iii. p. 19 (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 350 (1905). 



No. 5243. a. S • Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 22nd Feb. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 



I have compared this male with the type specimen 

 of Sycobius cassinii Elliot, which it resembles in all 

 particulars. Mr. Bates obtained examples of this species 

 at Efulen, Camaroon. The present record extends its known 

 range a long way to the east. 



