HYPHANTORNIS NYAS.E 441 



Hyphantoruis nyasse. (Pi. 40, fig. i.) 



Hyphantornis nyasae, Shelley, Ibis, 189i, p. 20 Zomba, Milanji ; id. 

 B. Afr. I. No. 552 (1896). 



Ploceus nyasae, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 72 (1904). 



Ploceus fiilleborni, Eeichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1900, p. 99 Bupira. 



Full ijlumaged male. Entire head black ; neck all round golden yellow, 

 the black of the chin not extending to the middle throat ; binder neck 

 shading into the uniform olive yellow of the back, upper tail-coverts, tail, 

 lesser wing-coverts and outer edges of the other wing-feathers ; inner mar- 

 gin of quills yellowish buif ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; breast, thighs 

 and under tail-coverts yellow like the neck. Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 

 0-8, wing 3-1, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-9. <? , 8. 92, Milanji Plains (A. Whyte). 



Male, lointer plumage. Differing only in the absence of black on the 

 head ; forehead and crown olive and the chin and under parts yellow ; bill 

 brown, inclining to flesh-colour on the lower mandible. J , Zomba, July 

 (A. Whyte). The female, which I have not seen, is probably like this at all 

 seasons and would closely resemble in plumage dull specimens of Xantko- 

 philus xanthops, from which it would be most readily distinguished by its 

 longer and more pointed bill. 



The Nyasa Black-beaded Weaver inhabits British Central 

 Africa and Southern German East Africa. 



It is represented in the British Museum by five specimens, 

 four collected by Mr. "Whyte, who discovered the types at 

 Zomba and on the Milanji Plateau, and one by Mr. MacClounie 

 in South Angoniland. 



To the north of Lake Nyasa, in German East Africa, Dr. 

 Fiilleborn procured the type of Ploceus fullehornl at Rupira, 

 and has also obtained the species at Songea. 



Hyphantornis bertrandi. 



Hyphantornis bertrandi, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 23, pi. 2 Zomba, Milanji ; 

 id. B. Afr. 1. No. 548 (1896). 



Ploceus bertrandi, Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 77 (1904). 



Adult male, type. Crown rufous shaded yellow, a crescent across the 

 nape, sides of head and the upper half of the throat black, followed by 

 golden yellow, which extends almost across the hind neck and separates the 

 black nuchal patch from the ear-coverts; remainder of the upper parts 



