On new Birds from Eastern Africa. 117 



XIV. — Descriptions of fourteen nevj Species of Birds dis- 

 covered by Mr, F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa. By 

 E. BowDLER Sharpe, F.Z.S., r.L.S. 



During his recent journey to Uganda Mr. Jackson ascended 

 Mount Elgon *, which lies north of the eastern extremity of 

 Victoria Nyanza, and traversed other districts previously un- 

 explored by naturalists. Mr. Jackson made a very fine 

 collection of birds^ amongst which a preliminary examination 

 enables me to discriminate fourteen new species. Of these 

 I now give short descriptions, and I hope to be able to give a 

 full account of Mr. Jackson's collections in a future number 

 of ' The Ibis/ 



1. Sycobrotus insignis, sp. n. 



Black and yellow : entire back, from the hind neck to the 

 upper tail-coverts, yellow ; the latter as well as the scapulars 

 black, washed with yellow ; crown and sides of head, chin, 

 and sides of throat black ; rest of under surface golden yel- 

 low ; under tail-coverts a little more orange ; wings and tail 

 black; under wing-coverts white. Total length 5*7 inches, 

 culmen 0*6, wing 3*25, tail 1"9, tarsus 0*75. 



Hab. Mount Elgon. 

 • This is an entirely new species, quite unlike any of the 

 others, by reason of its yellow back. 



2. Heterhyphantes stephanophorus, sp. n. 



Entirely black above and below, excepting the forehead 

 and centre of crown, the eyebrows, sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 and hinder cheeks, which are orange-yellow ; the sides of the 

 face are almost entirely orange, excepting the base of the 

 cheeks, the lores, and a broad streak through the eye : bill 

 black ; legs horn-blue ; iris crimson-brown. Total length 

 5*7 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 3*05, tail 2*1, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. Mau. 



This new species of Weaver-bird is closely allied to H. 

 melanogaster from the Cameroons [cf. Cat. B, xiii. p. 417), 

 but is at once distinguished by its black throat. 



* See tlie map in Thomson's ' Masai-Land.' 



