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bird described by Dr. Reichenow as the female of his II. stuhlmanni is certainly 

 neither the adult female nor the young bird of that species; possibly it is the female 

 of II. emini Hartl., which more or less answers the description as regards the colour 

 of the belly, &c. 



I may here mention that both Dr. Reichenow and Captain Shelley have united 

 Heterhyphanles zaphiroi (Grant) from Abyssinia with //. emini, the latter stating that 

 //. zaphiroi with its black back is merely the summer plumage of H. emini. There is 

 no evidence to prove that the feathers of the back in //. emini become uniform black 

 in summer, or vice versa, quite the contrary. In the nearly allied H. reichenowi 

 Fischer, which has the abdomen yellow, the feathers of the back remain black 

 throughout the year. All the evidence goes to prove that //. zaphiroi is a perfectly 

 distinct species. The British Museum possesses an adult male from Adis Ababa 

 procured by Captain Welby. This specimen, like the female type and a second 

 specimen sent by Mr. Zaphiro, has the mantle and back entirely black. The date of 

 capture is not recorded. 



[Stuhlmann's Weaver was seen near Entebbe and at Fort Portal ; it was numerous on 

 Ruwenzori up to an elevation of 7000 ft., both on the eastern and western sides. — 

 R. B. IF.] 



Heteriiyphantes stephanophorus Sharpe. 



Heterhyphantes stephanophorvs Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 117, 253, pi. vi. fig. 2; Shelley 



B. Afr. iv. p. 379 (1905). 

 Ploceus stephanoj>horus Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 43 (1904). 



a-d. ? et $ imm. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 13th-23rd Sept. 

 [Nos. 509, 539, 556. R. E. I). ; 3599. R. B. IF] 



Adult female. Iris crimson or chestnut ; bill black; feet slate or grey. 



The female of this species is readily distinguished from that of the nearly allied 

 western representative H. melanogaster (Shelley). In the present species the yellow- 

 on the crown scarcely extends beyond the posterior margin of the eye, whereas in the 

 latter species the entire crown is yellow. 



In the males of this species the extent of the yellow on the crovvu seems to van 

 somewhat. In the type-specimen from Mau, as well as in birds from Nandi and 

 Mount Elgon, the yellow extends considerably behind the eye ; while in birds from 

 Toro it is shorter and does not usually extend beyond the posterior margin. 



[A few examples of Jackson's Yellow-headed Black Weaver were found in the 

 Mpanga Forest, but they were rather uncommon. They appeared to frequent 

 the undergrowth and not the tree-tops. — R. B. IF.] 



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