70 UROBRACHYA BOCAGEI 
Urobrachya bocagei. 
Urobrachya bocagei, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 63 (1870) Hwilla ; id. Cat. 
B. M. xiii. p. 226, pl. 9 (1890 pt.) Benguela ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. 
No. 332 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 133 (1904 pt.) S. of 
Quanza R. 
Male in full plumage. Black, with the exception of the following parts 
of the wing: lesser wing-coverts chrome yellow, remainder of wing-coverts 
pale cinnamon; base of primaries buff, which colour shows well in front of 
the under wing-coverts. ‘Iris brown; bill whitish grey; tarsi and feet 
black.” Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3:4, tail 3:1, tarsus 1-0. 
Type, ¢, Huilla (Anchieta). 
Bocage’s Fan-tailed Whydah inhabits Portuguese West 
Africa between the Quanza and Cunene Rivers. 
The species is at the present time known from Caconda 
and Huilla only, and according to Anchieta’s notes it is called 
by the natives of the former place the ‘‘ Quicengo,” and of 
the latter the ‘ Lele.’ The type which is in the British 
Museum came from Huilla. 
The best character for distinguishing the species from all 
the other members of the genus is the pale bases of the 
primaries showing well in front of the under wing-coverts ; 
this character, coupled with the wing-measurement (3°4), readily 
distinguishes it from its larger near ally, U. mechowi, Cab. 
(U. pheenicea quanze, Hartert). 
Genus V. PYROMEBLANA. 
The males only of the Bishop-birds, like the Whydahs, discard, by a 
spring moult, the modest mottled brown plumage, which is retained through- 
out the year by the females, and assume a brilliant nuptial dress in which 
bright red or yellow and velvety black are the most striking features. As 
in the last two genera, the neck at this season also becomes decorated with 
a frill of lengthened broad feathers. The tail remains at all times short 
and nearly square; otherwise the structure closely resembles that of the 
other genera of the Vidwine. 
