﻿collected 
  in 
  Nyassaland. 
  23 
  

  

  and 
  Nov. 
  The 
  four 
  specimens 
  are 
  nearly 
  similar 
  iu 
  plumage, 
  

   but 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  the 
  throat 
  brown 
  and 
  two 
  yellow, 
  

   probably 
  a 
  sexual 
  difference. 
  

  

  93. 
  SlTAGRA 
  OCULARIA. 
  

  

  Hyphantornis 
  ucularius 
  (Smith), 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  435. 
  

   Sitagra 
  ocularia, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  427. 
  

   No. 
  42, 
  (J 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Febr. 
  

  

  94. 
  Hyphantornis 
  nigriceps. 
  

  

  Hyphantornis 
  nigriceps, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  436 
  ; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  

   p. 
  456. 
  

  

  No. 
  57, 
  c? 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Jan. 
  

  

  95. 
  Hyphantornis 
  xanthops. 
  

  

  Hyphantornis 
  xanthops, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  438; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  

   xiii. 
  p. 
  447. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  56, 
  39, 
  41, 
  47. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug., 
  Sept., 
  and 
  Febr.; 
  

   Milanji 
  Plains, 
  4000 
  feet, 
  Dec. 
  

  

  I 
  doubt 
  whether, 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  now 
  sent 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Whyte, 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe's 
  H. 
  jamesoni 
  can 
  be 
  maintained 
  as 
  

   distinct 
  from 
  H. 
  xanthops. 
  

  

  96. 
  Hyphantornis 
  bertrandi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (Plate 
  II.) 
  

  

  H. 
  similis 
  H 
  heuglini, 
  sed 
  major, 
  et 
  fascia 
  nuchali 
  transversa 
  

   nigra 
  distinguendus. 
  Long, 
  tot, 
  6'3 
  poll., 
  alse 
  3*3. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  41, 
  47. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Sept. 
  ; 
  Milanji 
  Plains, 
  

   4000 
  feet, 
  Oct. 
  

  

  Crown 
  rufous, 
  shaded 
  yellow 
  ; 
  nape, 
  entire 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   head, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  black, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   golden 
  yellow, 
  which 
  extends 
  almost 
  across 
  the 
  hind 
  neck 
  ; 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  uniform 
  olive-yellow, 
  with 
  

   slight 
  indications 
  of 
  brown 
  shafts 
  to 
  the 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  

   mantle 
  ; 
  median 
  and 
  greater 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  the 
  quills 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  broadly 
  edged 
  with 
  bright 
  olive-yellow 
  ; 
  remainder 
  of 
  

   the 
  underparts 
  rich 
  golden 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  rufous 
  

   shade 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  ; 
  under 
  wing-coverts, 
  shafts, 
  

   and 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  quills 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  the 
  quills 
  ashy 
  brown 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  claws 
  

   pale 
  brown. 
  Total 
  length 
  6*3 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  0*85, 
  wing 
  3*3, 
  

   tail 
  2"6, 
  tarsus 
  1. 
  

  

  