126 CAPT. SHELLEY ON BIRDS FROM THE CAMEROONS. [Feb. 1, 



race occurs from the Niger to Senegambia, while the representative 

 form of the Gaboon and Congo region is subspecifically distinct." 

 Mr. Johnston's specimen I consider belongs to the " small dark 

 race." 



15. COLITJSPASSER CAPENSIS (Limi.). 



Euplectes phcenicomerus. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1862, x. 

 p. 444, Cameroons. 



CoUuspasser capensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 359. 



S ad., October, 11,200 ft.; " d ad., 10,000 ft. ; c? ad., 8000 ft. ; 

 $ , September, and d"juv., October, 8000 ft.; $ , October, 10,000 ft. ; 

 cJ juv., September, 9000 ft. 



All these specimens belong to the small South-African race of 

 C, capensis, which was separated by Dr. Cabanis under the name 

 of Orynx approximans. 



I wish here to correct an error I made in last year's 'Ibis,' p. 350, 

 where I included W. Africa in the range of the closely allied C. 

 xanthomelas , It has never yet been found on that side of the 

 continent. 



16. Ploceus melanogaster, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



S , September, 8000 ft. 



Head and entire throat bright yellow ; a band through the eye, 

 sides of the neck, entire body, wings, and tail black. Total length 5 

 inches, culmen 0'65, wing 2-6, tail 2*2, tarsus 0'8. 



The bill is comparatively long and slender. The whole bird so 

 closely resembles in size and form P. nigricollis, Vieill., that I expect 

 the female will be found to have a black crown. 

 . This very distinct species may at once be recognized by its 

 entirely black body and yellow throat. 



17. Crithagra BX3RTONI (Gray). 



Strolilophaga hurtoni. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1862, x. 

 p. 445, Cameroons. 



c? c?, October, 9000 ft. ; $, 9000 ft. 



As this is the first time the male has been sent to this country, I 

 would observe that it is similar in plumage to the female. 



18. Sterna macrura, Naum. 



Sterna brachypus, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 255. 

 Sterna hirundo, Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 255, pi. 579. 

 Sterna macrura, H. Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 650. 

 S , October, sea-shore. 



