NOVITATBS ZOOLOGIOAB XXVI. 1019. 137 



76. Icterus icterus ridgwayi Hart. = Icterus icterus ridgwayi. 

 Icterus icterus ridgwayi Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1902. p. 299 (Cura9ao and Araba). 



Type : <J ad., Aruba, 26. vi. 1892. Ernst Hartert leg. No. 105. 



77. Molothrus occidentaJis Berl. and Stolzm. = Molothrus bonariensis 



occidentalis. 



Molothrus occidentalis Berlepsch & Stolzmaim, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1892. p. 378 (Lima, October 

 and November 1889, January 1890). 



Cotype : <? ad., Lima, Peru, 10. xi. 1889. J. Kalinowski leg. No. 258 

 (marked " typus " by Stolzmann). 



F^OCEZDAE. 



78. Spermospiza haematina leonina Neum. = Spermospiza haematina leonina. 

 Spermospiza haematina leomna Neumann, Journ. f. Om. 1910. p. 523 (" Gambia bis Liberia "). 



Type : <? ad.. Bo, Sierra Leone, viii. 1904. R. Kemp leg. No. 147. 



The females do not differ at all, and sometimes males from Sierra Leone 

 have no dark red tips to the upper tail-coverts ! In two specimens, collected 

 by Major Kelsall, they are not visible ; one of them may be disregarded, as 

 some tail-coverts are wanting, but another, collected at Biwama, N.N.E. of 

 Bo, 13. ix. 1912, the tail-coverts are complete and have no trace of red tips. 

 On the other hand all our other specimens, i.e. those enumerated by Neumann, 

 I.e., and three further males from Major Kelsall, show the red tips distinctly. 

 Comparison of further material is desirable. , 



79. Amblyospiza aethiopica Neum. = AnMyospiza albijrons aethiopica. 

 Amblyospiza aethiopica Neumann, Orn. Monastber. 1903. p. 9 (Malo, Kufia). 



Type: <J ad., Uaja, Malo, 13. ii. 1901. Oscar Neumann leg. No. 795. 



This subspecies is readily distinguished from unicolor, but very close to true 

 melanotus. The latter is said to have the head and neck lighter, more like 

 that of capitalba. I have no specimens from the White Nile to compare, and 

 nobody seems to have had a series for comparison. Koenig also obtained only 

 a single specimen. Cf. Zedlitz, Journ. f. Orn. 1916, p. 23. 



80. Ploceus passerinus infortunatus Hart. = Ploceus passerinus infortunatus. 



Ploceus passerinus infortunatus Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1902. p. 578 (Malay Peninsula, tj^ Sungei 

 Lebeh). 



Type : <J ad., Sungei Lebeh, Malay Peninsula, 19. v. 1901. John Water- 

 stradt Coll. 



81. Foudia omissa Rothsch. = Foudia rubra omissa. 



Foudia omissa Bothschild, Buil. B.O. Club, xxxi. p. 26 (1912 — ^Madagascar). 



Type : (J ad., Tamatave, Madagascar, 21.-viii. 1891. Purchased from A. 

 Boucard. 



