collected in East Africa. 253 



inclining to orange ; under wing-coverts yellow ; quills olive- 

 brown beloWj yellowish along the inner web. Total length 

 Q'l inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3, tail 2*2, tarsus 0-85. 

 No. 4. <S juv. Kikuyu, Aug. 13, 1889. 



I have described the young bird, as it is so very different 

 from the adults in colour that it would have been difficult 

 to determine that it belonged to this species. Mr. Jackson, 

 however, settles the question in his notes, when he says 

 that it is the " young of the black-backed and black-headed 

 Weaver with the white irides." 



41. Heterhyphantes STEPHANOPHORUs. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 

 Heterhyphantes stephanophorus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 117. 

 I have already described this species [antea, p. 117). It is 



one of the interesting evidences of the presence of a West- 

 African element in the avifauna of Central East- Africa. 



42. Sycobrotus insignis. (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 

 Sycoh'otus insignis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 117. 



43. Hyphantornis abyssinicus. 



Hyphantornis abyssinicus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. xiii. p. 453 (1890) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 



(2) i. p. 187 (1884 ; Shoa), vi. p. 289 (1888). 



Nos. 28, 30. S ad. River Elgeyo, July 9, 1890.— Legs 

 pale bluish flesh- colour ; irides pale orange-red ; bill 

 black. A colony in a swamp ; breeding. 



44. Hyphantornis nigriceps. .. 



Hyphantornis nigriceps, Layard; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 456 (1890) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 331 (Pan- 

 gani) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 133 (Bagamoyo, Wapokomoland, 

 Barawa) . 



Ploceus nigriceps, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 302 (Tangani). 

 No. 64. c? juv. Makarunga, Feb. 1, 1889. 



45. Hyphantornis jacksoni. 



4_,^^ Hyphantornis jacksoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293, pi. vii. 

 Hyphantornis dimidiatus {nee Salvad.), Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 459 (1890). 



SER. VI. VOL. HI. T 



