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k^. A yellow collar separating the black head 

 from the olive shaded mautle. 

 f/**. Breast partly shaded with chestnut, 

 a'. Entire chest shaded with chestnut; 

 the yellow thighs not contrasting with 



their surroundings dimidiatus. '^ 



b'' . Front and centre of chest only 



shaded with chestnut capitalis. " ' ' 



/j". Breast entirely yellow melanoccphalus. "^ ^ 



. Throat with the black confined to the upper half, 

 c'. Larger ; wing more than 3 inches. 



e". Entire head black nijasce. *" 



/2. Forehead and crown orange yellow, with a black 



crescent on the nape bcrtrandi. 



rfi. Smaller; wing less than 3 inches; some black on 

 forehead ; no black on crown or nape. 

 g". Mantle more uniform, not distinctly striped. 



i^. Slightly less black on the forehead vitcUiiius. ^ '■■ ■'■ 



k^. Slightly more black on the forehead. 



i^. Crop and breast yellower uluensis. '■■' v ? 



k*. Crop and breast more rufous reichardi. ^^r 



h^. Mantle distinctly striped lineolatus. ^ < 



Hyphantornis intermedius. 



Ploceus intermedius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers, pp. 71, 76 (1815) SJioa ; 



Reichen. Vdg. Afr. iii. p. 72 (1901). 

 Hyphantornis intermedius, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. siii. p. 460 (1890) ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 550 (1896). 

 Hyphantornis erythrothalmus, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 386 Ahyssinm. 

 Hyphantornis cabauisi, Peters, J. £. 0. 1868, p. 133 IiUtambaiic ; Sousa, 

 Journ. Lisb. 1886, p. 85 Ibo Isl. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 461 

 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 551 (1896) ; Nehrkorn, Kat. Eiers. 

 p. 130 (1899) egg. 

 Ploceus cabauisi, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 73 (1904). 

 Ploceus liibberti, Eeichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1902, p. 77 Damara. 

 Male in breeding plumage. Entire front half of the head, ear-coverts 

 and throat black ; remainder of head, sides of neck and the under parts 

 golden yellow, slightly shaded with chestnut ou the nape and crop ; back 

 and upper tail-coverts olive yellow, with indistinct dusky shaft-stripes to 

 the feathers of the mantle ; tail olive brown, with narrow yellow edges to 

 the feathers ; wings blackish brown, with pale yellowish edges to the 

 feathers ; inner edges of the quills brownish buff ; under wing-coverts 



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