OTIIYPIIANTF.S NMCtRIMEXTUM 4.')3 



Othyphantes nigrimentum. 



Ploceiis nigrimentum, Eeichen. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 39 (1904) GalaiH/a. 



Type. " Very similar to the female of 0. reichenowi, but differs in having 

 the chin black. Iris greenish yellow ; bill black ; feet reddish brown. 

 Total length 6-8, culmen 0-72, wing 3-4, tail 2-2, tarsus 1-0. Galanga " 

 (Eeichenow). 



The Black-chiuned Weaver inhabits Benguela. 



The type was discovered l)y Anchieta, who records its 

 native name to be " Xiguengue," and I am not awai'e of a 

 second specimen having been yet procured. 



Othyphantes sharpei. 



Otyphantes sharpii, Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 557 Nyasaland. 



Ploceus sharpei, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. p. 39 (1904). 



Type. Very similar to 0. stuhlmanni, from which it differs in the greater 

 amount of black on the hind neck and mantle. Upper surface entirely 

 olive yellow and black ; under surface entirely bright golden yellow ; lores, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, top and back of the head jet black, the plumage 

 gradually shading off into uniform olive yellow on the lower back, upper 

 tail-coverts and tail ; the feathers of the upper back, and all the wing- 

 coverts and the quills black, broadly edged with olive yellow, becoming 

 clearer yellow on the quills ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of the 

 quills yellow. Bill black ; tarsi and feet pale In-own. Total length 62 

 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3 '15, tarsus 0'95. 



Sharpe's Weaver inhabits Nyasahmd. 



This form is known only by the type which was sent to the 

 British Museum by Sir Alfred Sliarpe from Nyasaland, and no 

 locality or date was noted on the label. It is extremely nearly 

 allied to 0. stuJilnirnnti 



Othyphantes stuhlmanni. 



Symplectes stuhlmanni, Eeichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1893, p. 29 Wallia, 



Karcvia, Bukoba. 

 Hyphanturgus stuhlmanni, Shelley, i>. .\fr. 1. No. 522 (189G). 

 Ploceus stuhlmanni, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 40, pi. , fig. 3, <? (1904). 

 Adult viale. Forehead, crown, nape and sides of the head jet black ; 

 remainder of the upper parts olive green, the mantle with sharply 



