XANTHOPHILUS AUREOFLAVUS 477 



the rump ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of the quills pale yellow. 

 " Iris orange : bill black ; feet pale brown." Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 0-6, wing 30, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-9. 9. 99, Eufu River (Schilhugs). 



Type (probably a female). Differing from the above in the forehead and 

 crown being more evenly washed with chestnut; cheeks, chin and throat 

 golden yeliow, with a slight shade of chestnut on the sides and base of the 

 throat ; portion of lower mandible pale. Wing 2-9. Useri Eiver (Hunter). 



Immature. The olive of the back extends forward over the top of the 

 head, where it is shaded with orange and inclining to form an orange yellow 

 eyebrow ; cheeks slightly shaded with chestnut ; chin and throat bright 

 golden yellow. Wing 2'9. Useri River (Hunter). 



The Rufous-ci'owned Goldeu Weaver rauges from the Rufu 

 River iuto the Teita country. 



The type of Ploceus schillingsi was obtained by Mr. 

 Sclnlliugs at the Rufu River. 



The species was discovered by Mr. H. C. Hunter at the 

 Useri River in the Teita country, where he collected two 

 examples, which are now in the British Museum. I have 

 described the only three specimens I have yet seen as they 

 appear to me to be, adult, male and female, and a young bu-d, 

 and probably represent all the varieties of plumage to which 

 the species is subject. 



Xanthophilus aureoflavus. 



Ploceus aureoHavus, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Av. text to pi. 30, lig. 1 



(1839) W. Africa; Reicheu. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 91 (1901 pt.). 

 Xanthophilus aureoflavus, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 533 (1896). 

 Hyphantornis aureoflavus, Sharpe, Cat. 13, M. xiii. p. 446, pi. 13, fig. 4 



(1890) ; Nehrkoru, Kat. Eiers. p. 129 (1899) egy. 

 " Hyphantornis aurea, Natt." (non Less.) Hartl. J. f. 0. 1860, p. ISO 



Zanzibar. 

 Hyphantornis sulfureus, Reichenb. Siugv. p. 84, pi. 42, fig. 313 (1863). 

 Hyphantornis concolor, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1867, p. 389 Nubia. 

 Adult male. General plumage canary yellow, very slightly tinted with 

 chestnut on the head and throat ; an obsolete olive shade on the mantle ; 

 portions only of the wings and tail-feathers dusky, which colour, on the 

 under surface of the wings, is confined to the end portions of the quills. 



