350 
Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
Euplectes capensis, Hartl. Verz. Brem. 1844, p. 69. 
Cory thus capensis , Hahn & Kust. Vog. As. &c. Lief. xiv. 
1850, pi. 4. 
Orynx approximans, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 177, S. 
Afr. (small var.). 
Oryx minor, Beichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 59, pi. 24. figs. 210, 
211, S. Afr. (small var.). 
Euplectes phoenicomerus , Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 
ser. 3, vol. x. p. 444 (1862), Camaroons (type exam.). 
Ploceus capensis , Pelz. Beise Novara, Vog. 1865, p. 90. 
Euplectes xanthomelas, Gurney (nec Biipp.), Ibis, 1868, 
p. 51, Natal. 
Pyromelana capensis, Sharpens ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. 1884, 
pp. 463, 849. 
Hab. The whole of South Africa and the Camaroons in W. 
Africa, the larger race being apparently confined to Cape 
Colony. 
90. CoLI US PASSER XANTHOMELAS. 
Euplectes xanthomelas, Bupp. Neue Wirb. 1835-1840, 
p. 94, Abyssinia; id. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 76, pi. 28 
(good). 
Euplectes stictus, Heugl. Syst Uebers. 1865, p. 39. 
Pyromelana capensis , F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 416 
(part.), E. Afr. 
Euplectes capensis , Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, P* 573. 
Orynx xanthomelas , Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231. 
Oryx xanthomelas, Fisch. & Beichen. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 351. 
Oryx capensis, Eisch. J. f. O. 1885, p. 134.| 
Hab . N.E., E., S., and W. Afr. In E. Africa from about 
15° N. lat. to about 20° S. lat.; Abyssinia to Matabele Land. 
There is a very typical specimen in the British Museum 
labelled Hope Fontein, near Gubelewaya (Oates), 
17. Pyromelana. 
1831. Pyromelana, Bp. Saggio Distr. Met. An. Vert. Type. 
1831, p. 141. P. orix. 
1861, Taha, Beichb. Singvog. p. 73. P. taha . 
