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were first noticed in number about tlie middle of October, 

 when they at once proceeded to the construction of their nests. 

 Tliese we found in tall trees, on bushes overhanging steep 

 krantzes, as well as in l)ushes and reeds by the river-side. 

 Over thirty nests were counted on one tree. The male appeal's 

 to do most of the building, but this may be only a supposition, 

 arising from the much greater shyness of the female while an 

 intruder is near. The first eggs were taken on October 29. 

 How they can possibly remain in the nest when a gale of wind 

 is blowing is quite a mystery, the entrance being so large and 

 the depression inside the globular portion so little below it." 



Xanthophilus temporalis. (Pi. 41, fig. i.) 



Hyphaatornis temporalis, Bocage, Joni. Lisb. 1880, p. 244 Caconda. 



Othyphantes temporalis, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 510 (1896). 



Heterhyphautes temporalis, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 419 note (1890). 



Ploceus temporalis, Eeichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 42 (1904). 



Tijpe, adult male. Forehead, entire crown, hinder part of ear-coverts, 

 sides of upper neck and the under parts canary yellow ; remainder of the 

 neck, back, scapular and upper tail-coverts olive yellow, with brown centres 

 to the feathers, rump slightly yellower ; wings and tail dark brown, with 

 pale edges inclining to buff towards the ends of the median and greater 

 coverts and washed with yellow, most strongly so on the narrow pale edges 

 of the quills and tail-feathers ; under surface of the wings dark brown, paler 

 towards the inner edges of the quills, and the greater portion of the under 

 coverts buff, with a wash of yellow; lores, cheeks and greater portion of 

 ear-coverts dusky olive, separated from the bright yellow of the crown by a 

 very narrow black line in front of the eye ; the yellow under parts incline to 

 dusky whitish on the chin, and a few cjf the feathers down the centre of the 

 lower throat have dusky black centres. Bill horny black ; iris reddish 

 brown ; tarsi, feet and claws brownish flesh-colour. Total length 6-4 inches, 

 culmen 0-7, wing 3-4, tail 2-1, tarsus 09. 3 , 9. 79, Caconda (Anchieta). 



Bocage's Grolden Weaver inhabits Benguela. 



The species is known by the type only, which was dis- 

 covered at Caconda by Anchieta, and according to his notes 

 on the label its native name is " Tailala," and its food seeds 

 and insects. 



