74 PLOCEID^E ANAPLECTES 



Genus IV. ANAPLECTES. 



Type. 

 Anaplectes, Beichenbach,.Singvogel, p. 86 (1863) A. melanotis. 



Bill moderately long, slender and pointed, the culmen rounded 

 at its base, nearly straight for its basal two-thirds, descending 

 towards the tip. Nostrils oval, exposed, and not reached by the 

 nasal plumes. Wings pointed, the first primary short. Tail 

 graduated, the outer feather shortest. Plumage with hair-like 

 plumes on the nape ; breast white. 



Includes four species of African Weaver Birds. 



Key to the Species. 



.a. Bill orange-red. Quills edged with yellow. Head 

 and neck red in adult males, yellowish in females. 



a-. 1 Without black on the ear-coverts A. rubriceps, p. 74. 



b. 1 Ear-coverts black tinged with red A. gurneyi, p. 76. 



b. Bill dusky brown. Quills not edged with yellow. 

 Head blackish ; back mottled with white ; throat 

 white like the breast A. angolensis,p. 77. 



Anaplectes rubriceps. 



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36. Anaplectes rubriceps. Red-headed Weaver Bird. 



Hyphantornis rubriceps, Sundevall, (Efvcrs, Stockholm, 1850, p. 97. 

 Malimbus rubriceps, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 466, pi. 13, fig. 2 ; Sharpe, 



ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 444, 847 (1884). 

 Sharpia ayresi, Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 353, pi. 7, fig. 2. 

 Ploceus rubriceps, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 17. 

 Anaplectes rubriceps, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 411 (180) ; Shelley, 



B. Afr. i, p. 35. 



Description. Adult male. Entire head, face, throat, breast, 

 sides of neck and upper back, coming to a point in the centre of 



