342 ANAPLECTES RUBRICEPS 



with the edge of the bend of the wings yellow ; a few black feathers in front 

 of the eye ; breast below the red of the neck, thighs and under tail-coverts 

 white. "Iris brown; bill light coral, legs and feet brown" (Alexander). 

 Total length 5-6 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-15, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-8. S . 

 Transvaal (F. Francis). 



Adult female. Ui^per parts brownish ash, shading from the mantle, 

 which has yellowish edges to the feathers, into dull yellow on the head ; tail 

 and wings with yellow edges to the feathers ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 mantle ; median coverts with broad dull yellowish buff ends ; the edges of 

 the other wing-feathers deep yellow, fading into white on the inner secon- 

 daries ; under coverts and inner margins to the quills white, the former 

 tinted with yellow ; sides of head yellow, paler than the crown ; chin and 

 throat whitish yellow, darkest on the lower throat ; breast, thighs and under 

 tail-coverts pure white. "Iris reddish brown; bill orange; legs flesh- 

 colour." Total length 5'1 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 31, tail 1'9, tarsus 0'8. 

 2 , 17. 6. 85. Lehtaba (W. Ayres). 



Type of Sharpia ayresi. Similar in colouring to the female, but differing 

 in the yellow of the crown being slightly darker, with a trace of approaching 

 red ; forehead margined on the front and sides with black. Feathers of 

 wings and tail worn. J , 10. 12. 80. Tatin E. (Jameson). 



Type of A. gurneyi. Similar to the male first described, but differs in 

 having the ear-coverts black, slightly washed with red, the chin, space in 

 front of the eyes, upper portion and front of cheeks black. Wing 3-1. j" , 

 7. 78. Caconda (Anchieta). In another specimen the whole of the cheeks 

 and ear-coverts are jet black. Nyasaland (Manning). 



The Yellow-winged Anaplectes inhabits Benguela, and 

 ranges over Eastern Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to 6° 

 S. lat. 



In the British Museum there are examples from Komati 

 Poort (Francis), Lehtaba River (W. Ayres), Limpopo (Wahl- 

 berg), Tatin River (Jameson), Fort Chiquaque (Sowerbj), 

 Zambesi (Alexander), Zomba, Fort Hill and Mpimbi (Whyte), 

 and two specimens of A, gurneyi from Tanganyika Plateau 

 (Manning) and Caconda (Anchieta). These latter, according 

 to Pi^of. Bocage, are only varieties of A. ruhiceps and as such 

 I am here treating them. 



In Benguela the typical form has been obtained at Quel- 

 lengues and in Capangombe, and A. gurneyi in Quissange, at 

 Caconda and Humbe ; the former, according to Anchieta, 



