INDEX 



193 



Okada's pin-tailed widow bird, 57 

 Orange-cheeked waxbill, 113 

 oreophila, Cisticola tinniens, 49 

 orientalis, Hypochera chalybeata, 61 



Hypochera ultramarina, 60 



Steganura paradisaea, 142, 156, 158 



Vidua chalybeata, 81, 82, 88 



Vidua paradisaea, 142 

 Oriolus capensis, 18 

 orix, Emberiza, 72, 149 



Euplectes, 15, 20, 21, 72, 149 

 Ornamental finch, 65 

 Ortygospiza atricoUis, 17, 50, 132 



atricoUis polyzona, 132 

 Pachyphantes, 4 

 Padda, 26 

 paludieola, Estrilda, 111 



Estrilda paludieola. 111 

 paradisaea, Emberiza, 139 



Steganura, 3, 7, 11, 27 (fig.), 31, 59, 

 139-160 



Steganura paradisaea, 142, 156, 158 

 Paradise whydah, 150, 152, 153 



widow bird, 3, 11, 24, 28, 31, 33, 35, 

 57, 58, 97, 101, 136, 139-160 

 Parasitism, predisposition to, in birds, 

 35, 36 



predisposition to, in invertebrates, 

 35 

 Partridge finch, 17 

 Passer griseus, 149 



melanurus, 148 



rufocinctus, 50, 113 

 Passerinae, 5 

 pelzelni, Icteropsis, 14 



Ploceus, 21 



Sitagra, 14 

 perennia, Cisticola juncidis, 46 

 perreini, Estrilda, 18, 20 



Fringilla, 18 

 phaeton, Fringilla, 26 



Poephila, 26 

 philippina, Loxia, 18 

 philippinus, Ploceus, 15, 18, 20, 21 

 phoenicoptera, Pytiha, 26, 153, 154 

 Pied widow bird, 77 

 Pin-tailed widow bird, 3, 23, 33, 35, 63, 

 70, 76, 79, 82, 89, 91, 93-123, 127, 

 142, 143, 160 

 Ploceidae, 4, 7, 8 

 Ploceinae, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13 

 Plocepasser, 5 

 Plocepasserinae, 5 



Ploceus, 32, 131, 146 



aureoflavus, 14, 21 



bicolor, 14, 21 



bojeri, 21 



brachypterus, 19 



capensis, 18, 20, 21 



chrysaeus, 20 



cucullatus, 19, 21 



cucullatus nigriceps, 105 



fringilloides, 20, 106 



jacksoni, 14, 18, 21 



luteolus, 20 



melanotis, 18 



nigerrimus, 15, 18, 20, 21 



ocularius, 14, 18, 20, 21, 23 



pelzelni, 21 



philippinus, 15, 18, 20, 21 



reichenowi, 14, 18, 21 



rubiginosus, 19, 21 



spekei, 150 



spilonotus, 18, 19 



subaureus, 15, 19 



velatus, 15, 19, 20, 21, 131, 153 

 Ploceus sp., 14 



Plumages, Vidua chalybeata chalybeata, 

 87 



Vidua chalybeata codringtoni, 87 



Vidua chalybeata neumanni, 88 



Vidua chalybeata orientalis, 88 



Vidua chalybeata ultramarina, 88 



Vidua hypocherina, 92 

 Plumages and molts, Anomalospiza 

 imberbis butleri, 55 



Anomalospiza imberbis imberbis, 52 



Steganura paradisaea, 155 



Vidua amauropteryx amauropteryx, 

 73 



Vidua amauropteryx nigeriae, 73 



Vidua fischeri, 126 



Vidua funerea funerea, 80 



Vidua funerea nigerrima, 80 



Vidua funerea wilsoni, 80 



Vidua macroura, 117 



Vidua regia, 134 

 Poephila acuticauda, 66 



gouldiae, 28, 29 



phaeton, 26 

 Pogoniulus, 32 

 Poliospiza striolata, 1 1 1 



striolata affinis. 111 

 Polygamy in weavers, 14, 15 

 polyzona, Fringilla, 132 



Ortygospiza atricoUis, 132 



