THE IBIS. 



NINTH SERIES. 



No. XX. OCTOBER 1911. 



XXV. — Further Notes on the Birds of Southern Cameroon. — 

 Part II. By G. L. Bates, M.B.O.U. With Descriptions 

 of the Eggs by AV. R. Ogilvie-Grant, M.B.O.U. 



(Plates XI. & XII. and Text-figs. 16-21.) 



[Concluded from above, p. 545.] 



Ploceus preussi. 



Reichenow, Jour. f. Orn. 1892, p. 442; V. A. iii. p. 36. 



Phormoplectes dorso-maculatus {nee Reich.), Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1908, p. 349 ; Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 43. 



Nos. 2341, 2438, 2826, 3685. All S ad. Bitye. 



No. 3364, S ad., and 3363, ? ad. Assobara. 



No. 4122, ? ad., and No. 2439, young. Bitye. 



The young bird has no black on the head, the chin and 

 sides of the bead being brownish-yello^v or yellow, like the 

 rest of the plumage. 



Ploceus dorso-maculatus. 



Reich. V. A. iii. p. 37. 



No. 3017, S ad.; No. 3016, ? ad. Bitye, 18th Aug., 

 1908. 



The female (No. 3016) agrees in most respects with 

 Reichenow's description, but has more yellow on the nape 

 and back (a character which is probably variable) ; tlie 

 dark parts of the plumage deep black, not " brauuschwarz " 



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