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354 Hyphantornis nigriceps. 
Hyphantornis nigriceps Layard; Neave, loc. cit. p. 98. 
No. 140. S • Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., April 4, 1907. 
Bill black ; feet brownish ; iris orange-scarlet. 
No. 192. $ . Upper Lualaba R., 3500 ft.. May 17, 1907. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet brownish 
flesh-coloured ; iris dark brown. 
No. 321. $ ad. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 13, 1907. 
Bill black; feet horn-brown ; iris red. 
No. 589. $ . Chishi Island, L. Bangweolo, June 28, 
1908. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet brownish 
pink ; iris scarlet. 
No. 718. 2 . Kalungwisi R., Sept. 11, 1908. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured; feet pale brownish; iris 
reddish orange. 
A common and universally distributed species, which nests 
in large colonies in reeds on river-banks or on trees which 
overhang the water. 
355. Hyphantornis cabanisi. 
Hyphantornis cabanisi Peters; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 73. 
No. 151. S • Mazanguli, mid-Lualaba Valley, April 24, 
1907. 
Bill black ; feet silver-grey ; iris pale sulphur-yellow. 
356. Hyphantornis shelleyi. 
Hyphantornis shelleyi Sharpe; Neave, loc. cit. p. 98. 
No. 457. S ad. (summer). Petauke, Jan. 5, 1908. 
Bill black ; feet reddish flesh-coloured; iris orange-red. 
Not met with out of the Luangwa Valley, where it is local. 
It is usually found in colonies, and nests in Mimosa-trees. 
It is one of those Weavers which associate their nests with 
those of the ferocious wasps of the genus Polistes. 
357. Hyphantornis vitellina. 
Hyphantornis vitellina (Licht.); Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 81. 
Nos. 595, 596. S ¥ • L. Bangweolo, July 5, 1908. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet brown; 
iris —S scarlet, 2 brown. 
