THE IBIS. 
NINTH SERIES. 
No. XX. OCTOBER 1911. 
XXY.— Further Notes on the Birds of Southern Cameroon .— 
Part II. By G. L. Bates, M.B.O.U. With Descriptions 
of the Eggs by W. R. Ggilvie-Grant, M.B.O.U. 
(Plates XL & XII. and Text-figs. 16-2L) 
[Concluded from above, p. 545-.] 
Ploceus preussi. 
Reichenow, Jour. f. Orn. 1892, p. 442; V. A. iii. p. 36. 
Phormopiectes dorso-maculatus (nec Reich.), Sharpe, Ibis > 
1908, p. 349 ; Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 43. 
Nos. 2341, 2438, 2826, 3685. AH ad. Bitye* 
No. 3364, S ad., and 3363, $ ad. Assobam. 
No. 4122, ? ad., and No. 2439, young. Bitye. 
The young bird has no black on the head, the chin and 
sides of the head being brownish-yellow or yellow, like the 
rest of the plumage. 
Ploceus dorso-maculatus. 
Reich. Y. A. iii. p. 37. 
No. 3017, S' ad.; No. 3016, $ ad. Bitye, 18th Aug., 
1908. 
The female (No. 3016) agrees in most respects with 
Reichenow's description, hut has more yellow on the nape 
and back (a character which is probably variable) ; the 
dark parts of the plumage deep blacky not “ braunschwarz ’■ 
SER. ix.— VOL. v, 2 R 
