1918.] the Birds of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan. 437 



Ploceus rnfocitrinus Miill., P. mordoreus Bp., and Textor 

 castaneo-auratus An tin., were all proposed for birds from 

 the same district, and the only other available name is 

 Hyphanturnis axillaris of Heugjlin. 



In the J. f. O. for 1867 Heuglin mentions that he had 

 himself obtained examples of this Weaver on the upper 

 White Nile, and he refers to a previous description in 

 J. f. O. 1865, p. 99, where he leaves the bird unnamed but 

 gives the type locality " Kidj Neger," although he alludes 

 to other examples taken by other collectors in Sennar ; but 

 on the whole it seems the best course to fix Heuglin^s name 

 on to the White Nile bird. 



The wings of the three males of P. b. badius measure 79, 

 75, and 75 respectively, and those of P. b. axillaris 72, 72, 

 72, and 71 ; so that Blue Nile birds appear to be slightly 

 larger. 



Ploceus (Sitagra) luteolus. 



Sitagra luteola (Licht.) ; Shelley, B. A. iv. p. 397 ; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 322, 1909, p. 78. 



[B. coll.] 4 Roseires June July Aug. Sen.; 1 Jebel 

 Abu Sinun Apl., 2 Bara Apl. Kor. ; 1 Gadein Jan., 

 2 Wau Mch. Apl. B.G. ; 3 Sheikh Tombe, 1 Bor, 

 1 Mongalla Jan. Mon.; 1 Lado Feb. L.E. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Kamisa Dec. Sen. ; 1 Jebel Ahmed 

 Agha Mch., 2 near Lake No Feb. U.N. 



[Clir. coll.] 1 Tembura Apl.,1 Wau July-Aug., 2 Yambio 

 Mch. B.G. 



Ploceus (Sitagra) vitellinus vitellinus. 



Hyphantornis vitellinus (Licht.) ; Shelley, B. A. iv. 

 p. 413. 



[Chr. coll.] 2 c?? Tembura Apl. B.G. 



We are unable to distinguish these or birds from Shoa and 

 East Africa from the typical West-African form ; they have 

 been separated by Neumann as P. v. uluensis (Neumann, 

 J,f. O. 1900, p. 282). 



