486 PLOCEIDiE. 



FringiUe cardeline, VieUl. Ois. Chant, p. 52, pi. 28 (1805). ^ 



Ploceus erythrocepbalus, Swains. An. in Menmj. p. 308 (1837) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B/\\. p. 353 (1849) ; Lafr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1850, p. 3l^6, 

 pi. 6 ; Schl. S) Poll. Fau7i. Madag., Ois. p. 213 (18G8) ; Gratj, 

 Hand-1. B. ii. p. 45 (1870). 



Foudia ervtlirocepliala, Bp. Consp. i. p. 445 (1850); Eeichenb. 

 Singv. p." GO, Taf. xxxi. fiffs. 24G, 247 (1861) ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. 

 p. 65 (18G1) ; E. Nexi-t. Ihis, 18G1, p. 272; Hartl. Tog.Madag. p. 213 

 (1877); E Keivt. Trans. Korf. ^ None. Nat. Soc. 1889, p. 648. 



"Foudia martineti, Gray" {udi'?), Midi. J.f. 0. 1856, p. 114. 



Foudia rubra, Eeichenb. Singv. p. 68, Taf. xxxi. figs. 244, 245. 



Ploceus ruber, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. IG. 



Adult male. Similar to N. eminentissima, but with a much 

 more slender bill, and further distinguished by the uniform light 

 olive breast and abdomen ; lores and region of the eye black, 

 extending in a streak above the ear-coverts. Total length 5'5 

 inches, culmen 0'G5, wing 2'7o, tail 1*7, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of Foudia madag ascariensis, 

 but more uniform above and more olive-green below, with broader 

 and whiter edges to the median and greater wing-coverts. Total 

 length 5 inches, culmen 0'65, wing 2-75, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. Island of Mauritius. 



«. (S ad. sk. Mauritius. Old Coll. 



b. S ad. sk. Mauritius. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Mauritius. Sbarpe Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Mauritius (Beivsher). Shelley Coll. 



3. Nesacanthis seychellarum. 



Foudia seychellarum, E. Ne^cton, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 346; id. Ihis, 

 1867, pp. 353, 359; Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. p. 101 (1877); 

 mirtl. Vog. Madaq. p. 218 (1877) ; Oust. Btdl. Soc. Philom. 1878, 

 p. 175; E. Neict. Trans. Norf. Sf Korio. Nat. Soc. 1889, p. 548. 



Ploceus seychellarum, Gray, Hancl-l. B. ii. p. 46, no. C626 (1870). 



Ploceus seychellensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 17. 



Adult mcde. General colour above nearly uniform olive, with 

 dusky centres to the feathers of the back and mantle, the lower 

 back and rump iiniform olive ; wing and tail dusky brown, edged 

 with olive ; forehead and vertex dull yellow, the hinder crown 

 dusky olive-brown ; lores and sides of face brown, with a blackish 

 Hue along the ear-coverts, and a dusky mark under the eye ; throat 

 and fore part of cheeks dull golden yellow ; remainder of under 

 surface of body duU olive, rather more ashy on the sides of the body ; 

 under wing-coverts like the breast, with the edge of the wing yel- 

 low. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 2-95, tail 1-85, 

 tarsus 0'85. 



AduU female. Similar to the male, but without the yellow on the 

 forehead or throat, the former being like the crown, and the latter 

 whitish : a faint eyebrow of olive-whitish ; median wing-coverts edged 

 with whitish at the ends. Total length 5-4 inches, culmen 065, 

 wing 2-9, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-8. 



Huh. Seychelles. 



