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| Keywords: AnaplectesRubricepsKeulemans.jpg Anaplectes rubriceps s refer to the same race as currently understood though only the second to the illustrated taxon <br> 122 <big>P</big>LOCEUS RUBRICEPS Hab S Africa Matabele and Transvaal The type of my Sharpia ayresi agrees perfectly with two other specimens I have examined in the British and Berlin Museums supposed to be females of P ruficeps and I have been led to consider that my type was either not in full plumage or a female although it was sexed as a male by Mr T Ayres who is generally most accurate and both he and Mr J S Jameson who were present when it was shot out of a colony then breeding assured me they never saw a red-headed specimen 123 <big>P</big>LOCEUS GURNEYI Hab Benguela This species is very similar to P rubriceps from which it differs in having the ear-coverts black slightly washed with red The chin space in front of the eyes and the front and upper portions of the cheeks black Length 6 1 inches culmen 0 6 wing 3 3 tail 2 3 tarsus 0 8 <br>The type specimen labeled Caconda Anchieta was presented to me by Prof Barboza du Bocage not quite in full plumage the upper back and crop being only mottled with yellow and red 1887 J G Keulemans pd-old-70 File PloceusKeulemans jpg File Ploceus angolensis Keulemans jpg Ibis 1887 Anaplectes rubriceps John Gerrard Keulemans | ||||
