tlie Transvaal Museum from Boror. 41 



however, always identical, and the measurements o£ Loth 

 types being the same, varying from 223 x 15 to 2-4'3 x 15"5. 



Ploceus xanthops (Hartl.). R. 1389. (4 M., 4 F.) 

 llcsident. 



2 ad. MM. : T. orange ; B. black ; L. flesh-pink. Leng. 

 180-183 ; W. 87 ; Tl. (59 ; Ts. 25 ; (J. 20-21. 



2 juv. M.: I. }»ale brown ; 13. Ijrown, genys horn ; L. 

 light brown. Leng. 180-183 ; AV. 89-90 ; Tl. G9-70 ; 

 Ts. 22-23 ; C. 19-5. 



4 F. : I. straw-yellow ; B. dark brown, genys horn ; 

 L. light brown. Leng. 173-175 ; W. 82-85 ; Tl. G1-G7 ; 

 Ts. 22-23 ; 0. 18-5-19-5. 



Adult males do not appear to change their plumage in the 

 winter. 



Laroe flocks of these Weavers were seen durino- the 

 w'inter months in gardens and old clearings, busily searching 

 for insects in the trees and grass-seeds in the gardens. A 

 small colony of nests was found on the 18th October near 

 Buruma hanging to the willowy ends of a small tree growing 

 in a })ool of water on which lotus lilies were growing, and a 

 clutch of three fresh white eggs was taken from one of 

 them : these e^ifis measure 21"8-23*5x IG'l. 



Plocfats aureoflavus, a. Smith. I{. 1391. (1 ad., 

 1 juv. JM.) July-August. 



I. orange (juv. sandy grey) ; B. black (juv. horn-brown) ; 

 L. flesh-colour. Leng. 152 ; W. 77-78 ; Tl. 48-53 ; Ts. 20 ; 

 C. 17. 



The juvenile specimen has the lower breast and abdominal 

 region pure white, and the rest of the plumage more or less 

 olive-yellow in proportion to the brightness of the same parts 

 in the adult. 



This s})ecies was only observed at Ngamwe, where it was 

 not uncommon in the native gardens and reed-beds. 



Ploceus xantiiopteuus (Finsch & Hartl.). 1{. 1395. 

 (2 xM., 1 F.) April. 



MM. : I. bright brownish red; B. black ; L. fle<h-colour. 

 Leng. 145-150: W. 71-73; Tl. 40; Ts. 20-21; ( '. 17. 

 F. : W. i;i; Tl, 43; Ts. 19 ; C. 10. 



