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60. Hyphantornis brachypterus. 



Ploceus brachypterus, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837^ p. 168^ 

 pi. 10. 



Hyphantornis brachypterus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 121. 



a, Shonga, November : iris yellowish grey ; feet livid. 

 b. ^ , December : iris pale stone-colour ; beak black ; feet 

 bluish grey : length in the flesh 6'5 inches, c. $ , Shonga : 

 iris very pale stone-colour ; bill black ; legs light bluish grey. 

 d. ?, Shonga, December: length in the flesh 6'5 inches; 

 soft parts as in the others, e. ? , Shonga. 



61. Hyphantornis castaneofuscus. 



Ploceus castaneofuscus , Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 99. 

 Hyphantornis castaneofuscus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 1857, 

 p. 126. 



a. (J, Onitschi, August : iris yellow. 



62. Malimbus scutatus. 



Sycobius scutatus, Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phihid. iv. 

 1849, p. 157; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 1857, p. 133. 

 Malimbus scutatus, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 460. 

 a. (^ , Onitschi : iris brown. 



63. PYROMELiENA FLAMMICEPS. 



Euplectes flaimniceps, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 186, 

 pi. 13; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 1857, p. 127. 



a. S , b, Abutschi, August : both in full plumage. 



64. Pyromel^na franciscana. 



Loxia franciscana, Isert, Schrift. Berlin. Nat. Fr. ix. p. 332. 

 Euplectes franciscanus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. 1857, p. 128. 

 a, Rabba [Greenshields) ; b, Abutschi, August. Both in 

 full plumage. 



65. Pyromel^na afra. 



Loxia afra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 857, ex Brown. 

 Euplectes meJanog aster, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 128. 

 a. ? , Egga : bill horn-colour ; feet dirty flesh-colour, b. 

 S , Egga. 



66. COLIOSTRUTHUS MACRURUS. 



Loxia niacroura, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 845. 



