. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 51. IIYPnAXTOENIS. 437 and f(irc neck dull yellow ; reraninder of under surface pale ashy, washed with olive ; under tail-coverts pale tawny rufous ; hill white with a dusky tip. Even after the hill is black, and the underparts rcsemhle those of the adult, the young bird has the head olive-green like the back, with a yellow eyebrow. Every observer has hitherto determined the bird with the yellow forehead to be the old female, but no at- tempt has yet been made to tind out what the seasonal plumage is like, and yet it ought to be well marked in su
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 51. IIYPnAXTOENIS. 437 and f(irc neck dull yellow ; reraninder of under surface pale ashy, washed with olive ; under tail-coverts pale tawny rufous ; hill white with a dusky tip. Even after the hill is black, and the underparts rcsemhle those of the adult, the young bird has the head olive-green like the back, with a yellow eyebrow. Every observer has hitherto determined the bird with the yellow forehead to be the old female, but no at- tempt has yet been made to tind out what the seasonal plumage is like, and yet it ought to be well marked in such a strikingly-coloured bird. My own impression is that some of the specimens asserted to be young birds are really the old ones in seasonal plumage. Hah. E. and Madagascar. (I. .Juv. sk. /'. <S innu. sk. c. (S ad. sk. f/,'',/[c??] r/. [$]ad. sk. A, /. [ d 2 ] ad. sk. k. $ jiiv. sk. /. Ji Madagascar. Madagascar {PoUen i^- Van Dam). Nossi Vola, N. Mada- gascar. Nossi Vola {A. Crosttlei/). Nossi Vola (A. C). Saralalau (A. C). Auknfana Forest, Bet- sileo, March 18 (W. Deans Coican). Betsileo. Sir A. Smith [C.]. Sharpe Coll. Mr. A. Orosslpy [C.]. Sharpe Coll. Salviu-Codman Coll. Shellev Coll. ShelleV Coll. Rev. A. Shaw [C.]. 51. HYPHANTORNIS * ^^^^ Tlvphaiitoruis, Graji, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1840) II. cucullatus. XaiUhophllus, lieiihenh. Sinr/v. p. 84 (1801) II. aureiHavus. Oriolinus, Sekhenb. t. c. p. 84 (1861) II. Head oi Hyphantom is cucullafus, to show nostrils and niielial bristles. Range. Confined to Africa. * Hypiiantornis anomalus. Ploceus anomalus, I?vicJiciib. 0. 1887, pp. 214, 307. Described from a male, not fully pUimaged, but said to differ in the very short first primary and short tail from all other Weaver-birds. Hub. Stanley Falls, Upper Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfe
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