53. PLOCEELT.A. 475 



Ploceiis philippinus {nee L.), Blijth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 94o (1844) ; 



id. Ihis, 16(J7, p. 40. 

 Ploceus hvpoxanthus, JBli/th, Cut. B. Miis. As. Soc. p. 114 (1849) ; 



Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 443 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 180 



(1850) ; Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat B. Mas. E. I. Co. ii. p. 513 (1856); 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 44, no. GG13 (1870); Hume, Xests ^- Eyys 



Ind. B. p. 442 (l,s73) ; id. Str. F. iii. p. 154(1875); Vorderm. 



Nat. Tijdsckr. Nederl. Ind. xlii. p. 85 (1883) ; Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. 



i. p. 161 (1886). 

 Ploceoliis hypoxanthus, Reichenh. Sinffv. p. 77, Taf. sxxv. figs. 277, 



278 (1861). 

 Ploceella javauensis, Oafes in Hume's Nests Sj- Eggs Ind. B. p. 443 



(1873); id. Str. F. v. p. 160(1877); id. ibid. x. p. 231 (1887); 



Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 107 (1879) ; Gates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm.i. 



p. 362 (1883). 

 Ploceus javaneusis, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 210 note (1875); Blyth ^ 



Wald. B. Burm. p. 91 (1875). 

 Ploceus chrysseus, Hume, Str. F. vi. p. 399, note (1878). 



Adult male. General colour above golden yellow, the mantle and 

 upper back mottled with black centres to the feathers ; the lower 

 back uniform brown ; scapulars like the back ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts uniform golden yellow ; wing-coverts brown, the median 

 and greater series edged with whity brown or yellowish : bastard- 

 wing, primar3--coverts, and quills dusky brown with olive-yellow 

 margins ; tail-feathers dusky brown washed with yellow on the 

 outer web ; crown of head golden yellow ; hind neck slightly mottled 

 with dusky : lores, feathers round eye, and ear-coverts blackish ; 

 fore part of cheeks, chin, and throat black ; hinder cheeks, sides of 

 neck, fore neck, and under surface of body golden yellow, including 

 the thighs and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 isabelline, the outer greater coverts dusky ; quills below dusky, ashy 

 along the inner edge. Total length 5*4 inches, culmen 0'6, 

 wing 2-65, tail 1"9, tarsus 0-8. 



AduU female. General colour above brown, the mantle and upper 

 back with blackish centres and whity-brown edges ; scapulars like 

 the back ; lower back, rump, and iipper tail-coverts uniform reddish 

 brown ; lesser wing-coverts brown, slightl}' washed with olive ; 

 median and greater coverts as well as quills brown with whity- 

 brown edges, the light margins to the greater coverts and inner 

 secondaries tinged with olive, ; tail-feathers brown, edged with 

 whity brown tinged with olive ; crown of head like the back but 

 less distinctly streaked, the hind neck with a reddish tinge ; a broad 

 eyebrow of orange-yellow ; lores, feathers round eye, sides of face, 

 ear-coverts, and cheeks pale tawny buff, which overspreads the chin 

 and throat, sides of neck, fore neck, and breast ; abdomen whiter ; 

 sides of body, flanks, and thighs light brown washed with tawny ; 

 under tail-coverts whitish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries isa- 

 belline with a slight yellow tinge ; quills below dusky, ashy isabelline 

 along the inner edge. Total length o'o inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2*7, 

 tail 2" 15, tarsus 0'75. 



In winter plumage the male resembles the full plumage of the 



