PYROMELANA GIEROWI 103 
Type. General plumage jet black; hinder half of the crown and the 
neck orange red, fading into yellowon the front half of the interscapular 
region ; some brownish buff edges to the feathers of the scapulars, lower 
back, wing and tail (remains of the winter plumage, these parts being entirely 
black in the type of P. zanthochlamys, Sharpe). The black throat extends 
nearly to the crop, and has the lower half compressed by the orange red of 
the neck, which extends across only the lower throat and crop ; abdomen and 
under tail-coverts mottled, with brownish buff edges to the feathers; under 
surface of wings jet black, with a trace of brown on the axillaries and inner 
coverts. Ivis brown; bill black, inclining to brown on the under part of the 
lower mandible; tarsi and feet deep reddish brown. ‘Total length 5:9 inches, 
culmen 0:65, wing 3-4, tail 2:5, tarsus 1:0. ¢,17. 6.97. Masindiin Unyoro 
(Ansorge). 
Ansorge’s Bishop-bird inhabits the Equatorial Lake district 
to the north-west of Victoria Nyanza. 
The type of the species, a male in breeding plumage, was 
discovered by Dr. Ansorge in June, 1897, at Masindi in 
Unyoro. <A second specimen, the type of P. wvanthochlamys, 
Sharpe, is in Mr. Jackson’s collection from the Ruwenzori 
range, at Hoima. The present species is nearly allied to 
P. gierowi, known from the type only. These two species agree 
well with P. flaminiceps in size and in the black colouring of 
the under surface of the wings, so there can be little doubt 
that the females and males in winter plumage of the three 
species closely resemble each other. 
Pyromelana gierowi. 
Euplectes gierowi, Cab. J. f. O. 1880, pp. 106, 203, pl. 3, fig. 2 Quango. 
Pyromelana gierowi, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 235 (1890); Shelley, 
B. Afr. I. No. 340 (1896) ; Reichen, Vég. Afr. iii. p. 118 (1904). 
Type. Forehead, front half of crown, cheek, ear-coverts, chin, entire 
wings, tail and chest uniform black; remainder of the head, neck and 
throat scarlet shaded yellow; upper and middle back golden yellow; 
rump and upper tail-coverts blackish brown, with paler brown edges to 
the feathers; axillaries light brown; thighs, vent and under tail-coverts 
buff, the latter with blackish centres. Iris brown; bill black; tarsi and 
