386 HYPHANTURGUS OCULARIUS 



Ploceus gutturalis, Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 92 Algoa Bay. 



Hypbantornis crocata, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. 1881, p. 100 

 Magungo. 



Ploceus ocularius crocatus, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 46 (1904). 



Hypbantornis aurantius (non Yieill.), Bobm, J. f. O. 1885, p, 70 

 Msima R. 



Hypbantornis bracbyptenis (non Swains.), Sharpe and Bouvier, Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 309 Landana (pt. ? ). 



Sitagra subpersonatus (non Cab.), Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 621 .S. Abi/ssinia. 



Male in full plumage. Porebead and crown deep golden yellow, passing 

 into uniform yellowish olive on tbe nape, bind neck, back, tail and edges 

 of tbe wing-featbers ; remainder of tbe wing blackisb brown, witb tbe 

 inner margins of tbe quills asby buff and tbe uader-coverts pale yellow ; a 

 band from the upper mandible through tbe eye and another broader one 

 down tbe centre of the throat black ; remainder of the plumage golden 

 yellow, witb a slight chestnut shade on tbe sides of the head and towards 

 the black throat, and an olive shade on the flanks. " Iris light golden 

 brown ; bill black ; feet slaty grey." Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 0-75, 

 wing 3-0, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-9. S , Pinetown (T. S. Ayres). 



Adult female. Similar in colouring to the male, with tbe exception of 

 tbe chin and throat, which a.re of the same deep yellow as the cheeks. 

 " Iris pale yellow ; bill black ; legs grey." Wing 2-75. 5 . 5. 2. 75, Pine- 

 town (T. S. Ayres). 



Immature. Similar to the female ; but differing in the bill being flesh- 

 colour ; the olive shade of tbe upper parts extending forward nearly to tbe 

 forehead and tbe black eye-stripe less strongly marked. Wing 2-4. Pine- 

 town (T. L. Ayres). 



Smith's Spectacled-Weaver ranges from Loango to the 

 Cunene River, and over Eastern Africa generally from Eastern, 

 Cape Colony into tbe Upper White Nile district and South 

 Abyssinia. 



The more northern specimens have been separated by 

 Hartlanb under the name of Hijpliantornis crocata, as being 

 slightly smaller and having a shorter bill than the typical 

 H. oculariiiH, but these characters are so extremely slight that 

 I cannot draw the line between their geographical range, but 

 shall begin with the birds from the Zambesi southward. 



The species has not been found in German South-west Africa 

 nor in Western Cape Colony, but towards its eastern border 



