612 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



No. 1278. (J juv. Ravine, Aug. 2, 1898. 



[Young birds are olive-yellowish above, with broad streaks 

 of dark brown or black on the back ; the crown uniform 

 olive-yellow, as also the sides of the face and neck, these 

 being slightly darker ; the entire under surface of the body 

 is yellow, inclining to orange on the throat and chest. 

 Such is the plumage of specimens procured in August. In 

 March and July (when fully adult birds were also obtained) 

 Mr. Jackson got some assuming a black head, but other- 

 wise in the plumage of the young bird with the back streaked. 

 Is it possible that there can be a striped winter-dress for 

 this Weaver-bird ?— R. B. S.] 



55. Heterhyphantes nigricollis. 



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

 Mus. xiii. p. 415 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 37 (1896). 



Sijmpledes nigricollis Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 42 

 (Bukoba) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 179 (1894). 



No. 946. S ad. Kakamega, Kavirondo, April 7, 1898. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; feet horn-blue. The only one seen, 

 near Clarke's bridge, Ichaka river. 



56. Heterhyphantes stephanophorus 

 Heterhyphantes stephanophorus Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 117, 



253, pi. vi. fig. 2; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 37 (1896). 



No. 1145. S' Nandi, 6500 feet. May 24, 1898. Iris 

 dark crimson ; bill black ; feet very dark slate-colour. 



No. 1268. S ' Nandi, July 4, 1898. 



[Both these specimens, marked males, agree with the type, 

 which is also a male. — R. B. S.] 



57. Heterhyphantes melanogaster. 

 Heterhyphantes melanogaster (Shelley) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 417 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 37 

 (1896). 



No. 113. c? imm. Ravine, June 23, 1896. Iris dark 

 crimson; bill black; feet horny blue. 



No. 701. d" imm. Ravine, July 27, 1897. Feet brown- 

 blue ; bill black, the lower mandible dusky horny white. 



