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HYPHANTORNIS SCHILLINGSI (Reichenow). 



I'/orciis scIiiUiucjkI Rkichknow, Oriiith. Moiiatsber., 1902, \i. 158 (Rufn RiviT, 

 German East Africa). 



Four speciinens of this recently described weaver-l)ird were 

 ol^tained by Doctor Abbott. In view of the rarity of the species, the 

 following somewhat detailed descriptions may be of interest. 



In oeneral appearance this bird is similar to IlypJiantorniH castajici- 

 ceps., l)ut the hind neck is yellow, in conspicuous contrast to the oli\-e- 

 green back; the crown is rich yellow, with a broad occipital band of 

 bay; and there is a narrow collar of orange rufous on the foreneck. 



An adult male, Cat. No. 118302, U.S.N.M., from Lake Jipe (south- 

 east of Mount Kilimanjaro), May 20, 1888, ma}' be described as 

 follows: Back and nunp uniform yellowish oliye green; upper tail- 

 coyerts oliye 3'ellow; tail like the back, but somewhat brownish, and 

 margined with oliy(^ yellow; wings fuscous, the inner webs of the 

 ([uills basally pale yellow, and distally with broad edgings of the 

 same color; outer yanes of quills margined with golden oliye green 

 and oliye yellow; lesser coyerts wholly oliye green, the median coyerts 

 broadl}" edged with golden yellow, the greater series with golden 

 oliye; forehead and crown rich golden yellow; hind neck and sides of 

 head and neck gamboge yellow^, sharply defined posteriorly against 

 the oliye green of the back; occiput with a broad (8 mm.) well-detined 

 band of bay, which is produced as a narrow necklace of orange rufous 

 down the sides of the neck behind the auriculars and across the jugu- 

 lum, where it w^idens; with this exception all the under parts, includ- 

 ing bend and lining of wing, are rich gamboge yellow; bill black. 



Another adult male, from Tayeta, has the rufous collar on the fore- 

 neck rather obsolete, but is otherwise identical. Still another speci- 

 men, from the Useri River, Mount Kilimanjaro, is rather paler on the 

 back; the occipital l)and is not so deeply bay; and the jugular crescent 

 of orange rufous is broader and more conspicuous. 



An immature male, from Taveta, may be described as follows: 

 Upper parts brownish olive green, the rump more brownish, the 

 upper tail-coyerts more greenish, the back ])roadly streaked with dark 

 brown; tail like the upper surface, and edged with yellowish; wings 

 fuscous, wuth oliye green and olive yellow edgings, the quills with 

 pale 3'ellow inner margins; a pale 3'ellow superciliary stripe; a dusk}^ 

 stripe through the eye; sides of head and neck, together with the 

 entire lower surface, including bend and lining of wing, light yellow, 

 somewhat shaded with brownish laterally; maxilla dark horn brown; 

 numdibh' whitish. 



