348 Dr. R. B. Starpe on 



Hyphantornis cucullatus. 



Hyphantornis cucullatus (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Sharps, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 451 (1890). 



Ploceus cucullatus Reichenow,Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 59(1901) . 



a. (J ad. ; b. (^ ad.; c, d, e. (^ juv. ; No. 9G9. ^ ad. 

 Efuleu, May 23, 1901. 



No. 25. (^ . River Ja, Jan., May, July. "Nga-a." 



Nos. 2445, 2153. S ^A. et iram. ; 2506. ? ad. Bitje, 

 River J a, April, May, 1907. 



[These are the birds that first attract the attention of 

 every stranger coming to this part of Africa. They build in 

 colonies in and around the villages. Their nests are hung 

 from the midribs of banana and palm leaves, and they tear the 

 leaves into shreds for building- material, thus denuding the 

 trees where they build, while the nests are left like huge 

 fruits on the bare branches. The birds live in these 

 nests continually, and are constantly engaged in repairing 

 them. While they work they make an incessant chatter. — 

 G.L.B] 



Othyphantes batesi, sp. n. 



No. 1372. ? ad. River Ja, Jan. 29, 1906. 



A single female, not quite in full plumage, seems to me 

 to belong to an uudescribed species. It has a black crown, 

 and the sides of the head are also becoming black, so that 

 it approaches O. stuhlmanni, but it diflers from that species 

 in having an uniform green back and wings, with no black 

 streaks or yellow edgings. Throat, chest, and centre of body 

 yellow, flanks and sides of body olive-green. Total length 

 6-4 inches, culmen 1"65, wing 2'9, tail 2*0, tarsus 0*8. 



HeTERHYPHANTES NIGRICOLLIS. 



Heterhijphcmtes nigricollis (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 415 (1890). 



Ploceus nigricollis Reichenow,Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 44 (1901). 



a-c. cJ; </. ? ad. Efulen, Jan. to Dec. 1902. Small 

 " ngas." 



Nos. 783, 997, 1069. S ad. ct imm. Efulen, June and 

 Aug. 1905. 



