IVJiydahs. 
in fair mimbers. 1 once h;ul more than thirty at one time in the 
(iamliia. where in a tew locahties tliey are ([nite common, but 
unfortunately lost the lot throui^h an accident. In spite however 
ol its comparative conunonness, there is no record of its having" 
yet l)een hred in capti\ity, and very little is known of its wild 
life. .\ccordinL; to Butler. Reichenow's accoiuit of the habits 
of l)irds observed at Accra would sui.i'.^est that polygamy is not 
in this species the rule as it is with other Whydahs. He also 
quotes Shelley's description of the eggs: — " pale green or 
greenish g'rey spotted with grey." 
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Poitlictrlo psls co)}vadsl. Xeumann. igo8. H.L. v. 412. 
R.\.\(;k. X'ictoria Xyanza (Ukerewe Peninsula). 
Another yellow-backed bird, of which T know nothing oii': 
the above from the Hand List. 
^ 
YELIJ )\V^SHOll.DEREn WHYDAH. 
I'ciitlicty'u) l^s'is iiiacyoccrca . IT.L. w 412. 
Svnonomv. 
I 
"^'ellow-shouldered Widow-bird. 
Lichtenstein's Vellow-shouldered \\ hydah. 
* Yellow-shouldered Oriole (i^)rown, 1776). 
II 
Fr'nigilla iiiacruicrca . Licht. 1^23. J'ldiia inacrorcrca (Des 
Murs 1845). I'ciiflictria Diacrocrrca (Cab. 1850). Coliiis- 
l^asscr macroccrcus (Sh. 1886). Poithctrwpsis macroccrca 
Sharpe. kjoo. (B.M. Cat. xiii. 223). 
Cullusj-'asscr faviscapuUUus. 1835-40). Penthciria flai'is- 
ca I'ulata (Bp. 1850). Pcuthctria fla-vlscapitJata fflray, 1870) 
C oUus passer jlax'iscapiih'Jti ( I'lanf. 1870). 
RKi'KkKxcKS. Singv. ()3. Plate. 27. Russ. i. 217. 
Sli iv. TVV". 
