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information as to the present species, and its distribution in South 
Africa. 
429. HypHANTORNIS INTERMEDIA, Riipp. Riippell’s Weaver Bird. 
Two adult males from Benguela and another from Quillengues are 
recorded by Prof. Bocage, as having been obtained in South-western 
Africa by Senor Anchieta; the species also occurs in Angola Proper. 
Not haying an example of the species before us we quote the 
description given by Prof. Bocage :— 
Adult male.—A black hood covering the head, from the forehead 
to behind the eyes, the cheeks, ear coverts and throat, where it 
terminates in a rounded border; hinder part of head, breast, and 
flanks tinged with maroon-rufous; base of the nape, sides of the 
neck and lower surface jonquil yellow; back greenish yellow, 
marked with slightly characterized brown streaks in the centre of 
the feathers; rump and upper tail-coverts more marked with 
yellow; lesser wing-coverts of the same colour as the back with 
brown streaks, the other coverts and the quills of a dark brown, 
bordered with yellow; tail-feathers olivaceous brown with paler 
edges and tints of yellow; bill black; feet brownish; iris yellow. 
Total length, 5 inches ; bill, 0°55; wing, 2°75; tail, 1°95; tarsus, 0°8. 
Pig. Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. taf. xviii, fig. a (head). 
430. HypHanrornis xanruorrurus, Finsch and Hartl. 
Yellow-winged Weaver Bird. 
This species was discovered during the Livingstone expedition to 
the Zambesi, and was met with by Dr. Kirk in the Shire Valley. 
The following description was given by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub 
(l.c.):—Head intense golden yellow ; lores, cheeks, and throat bright 
ferruginous ; back dull yellow; greater wing-coverts and secondary 
quills dusky black broadly margined with yellow; primaries golden 
yellow with a broad ending of dusky black; tail pale dusky brown 
margined with yellow ; the whole of the belly very deep yellow ; bill 
black; feet fleshy. Total length, 6”; bill, 74’"’; wing, 2’’ 9’; 
taal, 1” 9'"’; tarsus, 10'’’. 
431. SHARPIA ANGOLENSIS, Bocage. Sharpe’s Weaver Bird. 
Senor Anchieta has discovered this species at Cacondain Benguela, 
and it was described by Professor Barboza du Bocage, who states 
that although generically distinct from Hyphantornis it somewhat 
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