484 XANTHOPHILUS XANTHOPS 



with pale edges to the feathers, mostly olive yellow, but inclining to bright 

 yellow on the ends of the median coverts and edges of the inner secon- 

 daries ; inner margins of the quills yellowish buff; under wing-coverts golden 

 yellow like the underparts generally and sides of head ; throat with a tinge 

 of chestnut. "Iris yellow; bill black; tarsi and feet brown" (Alexander). 

 Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'8, wing 3'6, tail 2-6, tarsus I'l. Angola 

 (Monteiro). 



Adult female. Differs only in the absence of bright yellow on the 

 forehead and crown, which parts are of the same olive shade as the mantle. 

 Culmen 0-75, wing 3-35, tarsus 0-95. 2 , Loango (Forbes's Coll.). 



Ty2)e of Hyphantornis jamcsoni. Differs from the type of the species in 

 having the yellow on the forehead and crown slightly more restricted. 

 Wing 3-7, tarsus 1-1. J , 11. 9. 80, Umfuh E. (.Jameson). 



Immature. Bill not entirely black, otherwise it agrees well with the 

 adult female from Loango above described. " Iris hazel ; bill dark brown ; 

 tarsi and feet pale brownish." Wing 3-3. J , 17. 7. 99, Nairobi (H. J. 

 Mackinder). 



Hartlaub's Golden Weaver ranges over the greater portion 

 of Southern Tropical Africa, from the Loango Coast into Ben- 

 guela, and through Central and Eastern Africa from Swaziland 

 to the Equator. 



The species varies slightly in its shade of colouring, the 

 brighter, yellower sjDecimens predominating toward its northern 

 range, to which SypliantornisauTantiigula, Cab., and K. camhurni, 

 Sharpe, belong, while H. jamesoni, Sharpe, is the duller, greener 

 form from south of the Zambesi. I do not consider it advis- 

 able to recognise any of these as subspecies. 



With regard to its range in Western Africa, there are, in 

 the British Museum, four specimens from Chinchonxo and 

 Landana, collected by Petit ; two of Sperling's from Kabinda ; 

 two from Angola, including the type ; and four of Auchieta's 

 from Qaissange, Capangombe, Rio Chimba and Macongo. 

 Respecting the type, Mr. Monteiro, who discovered the species, 

 writes: "Native name, ' Dicole.' Weavers nest on tall grass, 

 &c., particularly near and over water. Common everywhere." 

 In the Lisbon Museum there is one of VVhiteley's specimens 



