307 
Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
Fantee (type exam.); id. Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 61, “Gaboon 
( Verreaux) ” ! 
? Nigrita canicapilla, Bochebrune, Faun. Senegamb. 1884, 
p. 236, Casamanse, Gambia. 
Hab. W. Afr., Gold Coast and ? Senegambia ( Rochebrune ). 
a. February, Abouri {Shelley). 
7. Nigrita bicolor. 
Pytelia bicolor, Hartl. Syst. Yerz. Brem, 1844, p. 76, Gold 
Coast. 
Nigrita bicolor, Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 83. 
Percnopis bicolor, Hein, J. f. O. 1860, p. 144. 
Hab. W. Afr., from the Congo to Senegambia. 
a. January, Cape-Coast Castle {Shelley), b. February, 
Abouri {Shelley). 
2. Philet^erus. 
1837. Philetairus, Smith, Charlesworth’s Mag. Type. 
Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 536 . P. socius. 
Key to the Species . 
a. Mantle dark brown, with pale brown edges to the fea¬ 
thers. Breast pale brown, with a patch on the sides 
of the body of black feathers edged with buff. 8. 
b. Mantle uniform pale brown. 
b l . Crown black. Underparts white, with the sides of 
the body brown, mottled with large black blotches; 
central line of the breast similarly mottled. 9. 
c 1 . Crown white. Underparts uniform brown, like 
the mantle ... 10. 
8. PllILETjERUS socius. 
Loxia soda, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 381, Cape. 
Ploceus socius, Cuv. Begne An. i. 1817, p. 384. 
Coccothraustes soda, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 540. 
Philetairus lepidus, Smith, CharleswortlFs Mag. Nat. Hist. 
1837, p. 536. 
Euplectes lepidus, Swains. An. in Menag. 1838, p. 309. 
Philetcerus lepidus, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr. 1838, pi. 8. 
Hab. S. Afr., between about 20° and 30° S. lat. 
P. socius. 
P. cabanisi. 
P. arnaudi. 
