356 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



d. Ad. ? . Ribola, Oct, 31 , 1902. 



e. Ad. $. Sipopo, Nov. 6, 1902. 



/. Imm. <?(??. Sipopo, Nov. 6, 1902. 

 Named after the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 

 M.P., F.R.S. 



24. Sycobrotus tephronotus (Reichen.). 



Symplectes tephronotus Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 219 

 (Buea, Cameroon). 



Sycobrotus tephronotus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 50G (1890). 



Sycobrotus poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 38 

 (1903) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 40 (1903) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 114. 



Ad. cT <$ S • Bakaki, 4000 ft., Nov. 15, 1902, 



We found this species only in one locality near Bakaki at 

 an altitude of 4000 feet, frequenting the thick forest-trees. It 

 appeared to be very local and was generally observed in small 

 parties. The note may be described as a running voluble 

 " tizz." 



Ad. S ■ Bakaki, Nov. 15, 1902. 



Total length (in flesh) 6 inches, culmen 08, wing 3 - 3, 

 tail 22, tarsus TO. 



Range. Fernando Po and Cameroon. 



25. Heterhyphaxtes melanogaster (Shelley). 

 Heterhyph antes melanogaster Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 512 



(1896); Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 49 (1903: Fer- 

 nando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo di Guinea, iii. p. 113. 



Heterhyphantes melanolcema Salvad. part., Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, iii. p. 113. 



Ad. ^ad. ?, Dec. 7, 1902; ad. J, Dec. 16, 1902. 

 Moka. 



Adult male. Differs from the female in having an orange- 

 yellow crown and nape ; sides of face and prsepectoral collar 

 orange-yelloAV ; chin and throat black. 



Total length 5'5 inches, culmen 08, wing 27, tarsus 085. 



This rare Weaver-bird was discovered by Sir Harry 

 Johnston in Cameroon at an altitude of 8000 feet. The 



