550 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



a. $ , Shonga^ November : iris chestnut-brown ; bill blue- 

 black ; culmen basally greyish blue ; eyelids black, with pale 

 blue-grey median spots on each ; legs dark horn-colour. A 

 very fine adult specimen of this rare species. 



54. Hyphantornis textor. 



dolus textor, Gm. i. 1788, p. 390. 



Hyphantornis textor, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 1857, p. 124. 



a, Rabba {Greenshields) . Adult male. b. c?, Shonga, 

 November : iris orange ; bill and feet flesh-colour ; upper 

 maudible inclining to horn-colour. Immature'i c. $ , Shonga: 

 iris scarlet ; bill livid flesh-colour ; feet light red. Adult ? 

 d. ^ , now breeding, Abutschi : iris pale orange-brown ; bill 

 horn-colour ; lower maudible very pale flesh-colour at base ; 

 feet pale flesh-colour. Immature : e. (^ , Loko. A wrong 

 label appears to have been attached to this specimen. It is 

 very similar to d. 



55. Hyphantornis capitalis. 



Tanagra capitalis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 433. 



Hyphantornis capitalis, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 124. 



a. ^ , Abutschi, August : iris brown ; feet flesh- colour. 



b. ? , Abutschi : iris orange-brown ; bill and feet as in male a. 



c. ^ , Shonga : bill black ; lower mandible inclining to horn- 

 colour ; legs dirty flesh-colour : in partial moult. d. ^ , 

 Shonga : iris pearly ; bill blackish ; base of mandible horn- 

 colour ; feet greyish flesh-colour : immature or in full moult. 



56. Hyphantornis personatus. 



Ploceus personatus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. 1825, p. 117, pi. 84. 

 Hyphantornis personatus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 123. 

 a. ? , Egga : iris brown ; feet grey. 



57. Hyphantornis atrogularis. 



Textor atrogularis, Heugl. (nee Voigt), J. f. O. 1864, 

 p. 245. 



Hyphantornis atrogularis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afi\ p. 559, 

 pi. 19. 



a. ^, Lukoja : iris buff'y white ; bill black; feet fl'esh- 

 colour. 



