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inclining to olive-yellow on the head; superciliaries, cheeks, and the under surface 
greenish yellow. 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
2” 27-2” 3” 1” 5” By” 74”. . . North-east Africa. 
2 1-2 2 1 5 53-6” 8 ... West Africa. 
The north-eastern specimens, which von Heuglin formerly separated as distinct (H. 
chrysomelas), are similar to western ones. The only difference is that the north- 
eastern birds show the orange-yellow tint on the sides of the neck and breast very 
faintly ; but that is certainly only in consequence of the season. A western specimen 
from Ashantee agrees in that point with north-eastern ones. A larger series would 
probably prove that there is not even a difference of race—0O. F. 
[Iris burnt sienna; beak almost black; legs and feet bluish grey. 
This was a rare bird, as far as my observations went; I never saw more than half a 
dozen during my stay on the Anseba, and never met with it elsewhere. Mr. W. T. 
Blanford, I think, obtained only one specimen, also on the Anseba. No. 977 ($), from 
Gabena Weldt Gonfallon, close to Bejook, I shot going from the nest, and obtained the 
eggs, together with another nest in the same tree, two eggs in one and one in the 
other. I only obtained two birds.—W. J.] 
123. PLocEUs 2THIOPICUS, Sundey. 
Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. ethiopicus, Sund. Ofy. 1850, p. 126; Finsch & Hartl. Végel Ostafr. 
p- 409. 
Coccothraustes sanguinirostris, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 387. 
Quelea sanguinirostris orientalis, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1867, p. 391. 
. Eylet. June 29 (no. 1866). 
. Eylet. June 29 (no. 1254). 
. Eylet. June 29 (no. 1416). 
. Eylet. June 29 (no. 1247). 
. Maragaz. July 27 (no. 1089). 
. Bejook. July 16 (no. 1979). 
. Bejook. July 18 (no. 1244). 
. Bejook. July 18 (no. 625). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
yao y” 18” " ee 
2 6-2 8 ef 7 een 
The north-eastern form seems to merit specific separation, as has already been 
pointed out by Professor Sundevall. The males always want the black margin on the 
front, which is invariably present in the southern and western Pl. sanguinirostris; the 
head is ochre-fulvous, like the belly, without the rose-tinge more or less visible in 
Pl. sanguinirostris. It is therefore in every case easy to distinguish Pl. ethiopicus 
when old and in full dress. The females and young ones, however, are scarcely, 
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