74 ON BIRDS FROM S. W. AFRICA. 



*73. Pholidauges verreauxii, Boc. 

 Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 428; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 314, pi. V. 

 A large number iu different stages of plumage. 



*74. P l o c eus velatus, Vieill. 



Hyphanlornis velata , Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 439; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. 

 p. 325. 



Two adult and an immature male. Iris in the adult 

 males orange , in the immature dark brown , bill in all 

 black, feet flesh-color. 



*75. T e xt o r erythrorhynchus, Smith. 



Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 445; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 317. 



Adult males and females. Iris brown , bill and feet red. 



*76. Hypochera chalybeata, P. L. S. Müll. 



Hypochera ultramarina, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 457. 

 Hypochera nitens, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 348. 

 Hypochera chalybeata, Shelley, Ibis 1886, p. 338. 



Three adult males, all with bluish gloss. Iris dark brown , 

 bill and feet red, 



*77. Quel e a quel e a (Linn.). 



Sharpe, Birds 8. Afr. p. 458; — Shelley, Ibis 1886, p. 356. 

 Ploceus sanguinirostris , Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 320. 



An adult female. Iris brown , bill pale horny, feet yel- 

 lowish horn-color. 



*78. Coliopasser albonotatus (Cass.). 



Penthetria albonotata , Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 460; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. 



p. 342. 

 Coliuspasser albonotatus, Shelley, Ibis 1886, p. 348. 



An adult male. Iris dark brown, bill bluish horny, feet 

 black. 



79. Pyvomelana oryx (Linn.). — Two females. 

 Iris brown , bill and feet horny. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XI. 



