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6 2 . No line separating the black forehead from 



the yellow crown H. velatus, p. 58. 



c 1 . Forehead not black. 



c 2 . Back black mottled with yellow H. spilonotus, p. 60. 



d 2 . Back olive-yellow striped with black ...... H. shelleyi, p. 62. 



b. Throat not black. 



d' 1 . Entire head yellow H. subaureus, p. 68. 



e 1 . Forehead only yellow, rest of head and face 



greenish-yellow H. jamesoni, p. 65. 



23. Hyphantornis nigriceps. Black-headed Weaver Bird-. 



Hyphantornis nigriceps, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 180 (1867) ; Sharpe, ed. 



Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 436 (1884) ; id. Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 456 (1890) ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 40 (1896). 

 Ploceus nigriceps, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 35. 



Hyphantornis velatus. 



Description. Adult male in summer. Above bright yellow 

 mottled with black, each feather having a black centre ; wings 

 dark brown, the feathers margined externally with yellow ; tail 

 dark brown tinged with yellow ; entire head, face, chin and throat 

 black ; a collar of pure yellow round the nape ; under surface of 

 body below the throat bright yellow. 



Iris orange ; bill black ; legs and feet horn-brown. 



Length 6-60 ; wing 3-40 ; tail 2-15 ; tarsus 0-85 ; culmen 0-80. 



Adult female. Above greyish-brown mottled with dusky; head 

 greenish-yellow; throat and chest yellow; rest of under surface 

 white, the sides grey. 



Distribution. From South Somaliland southward through 



