488 PLOCEID.H. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head orange-yellow; hind ueck uniform black- 

 ish, as also the sides of the neck ; a black [p. 493. 



band across the breast hemjalensis J sestiv., 



h. Head lemon-yellow ; hind neck streaked. 



a'. Throat dusky blackish, the fore neck and [p. 496. 



breast streaked with black mamjar J sestiv., 



v. No streaks on fore neck and chest. 



a". Fore neck and breast yellow, contrasting 



with blackish throat baya c? sestiv., p. 488. 



b". Fore neck and breast tawny buff, with- [p. 491. 



out yellow atiigula S sestiv., 



c. Head streaked like the back ( 2 et c? biem.) : 

 a yellow eyebrow, 

 c'. Fore neck mottled with black bases ; sides 

 of fore neck with a black patch ; sides of 



neck yellow hemjalensis^ p. 493. 



d'. Fore neck, breast, and flanks streaked with 



black manyar, p. 496. 



e'. Under surface uniform buff or tawny buff, ( baya, p. 488. 

 whiter on the throat and abdomen | atriyida, p. 491. 



1. Ploceus baya*. 



Le Grosbec des Philippines, Briss. Orn. iii. 1760, p. 232, pi. xii. 

 fig. 1 (cJ )) pi. xviii. tigs. 1, 2 (nests) ; Daubent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 135. 



^- 2- . 

 Loxia philippina, Linn. Sysf. Nat. i. p. 305 (17G6). 



Le Toucnam-courvi, Bitf. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 405 (1775). 



Philippine Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 129 (1783). 



Ploceus philippinus, Ckd. R'egne An. i. p. 363 (1817) ; Si/kes, P. Z. S. 

 1832, p. 94; Gray, Gen. ^. ii. p. 252(1849) ; Blyth, Cat. B. p. 115 

 (1849) ; Layard, Ann. c^ May. N. H. (2) xlii. p. 250 (1854) ; Reid, 

 Str. F. V. p. 54; Davidson, i.e. p. 312; Davison, t . c. p. 402; 

 Tat/lor, t. 0. p. 402 ; Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 22 ; Leqye, B. Ceylon, 

 p. 041 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 106; Butler, Cat. B. Sind 

 ^e. p. 45 (1879); id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 00 (1880) ; Vidal, 

 Str. F. ix. p. 71 (1880) ; Davidson 8f Wendeti, t. c. p. 415 ; Swinh. 

 (§■ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 128 ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 71 (1880); Beid, 

 Str. F. X. p. 54 (1881); Davidson ^- Wenden, t. c. p. 312 

 (1882) ; Davison, t. c. p. 402 ; Taylor, t. c. p. 462. 



Euplectes philippinus, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 25 (1840) ; Blyth, 

 J. A. S. Bern,, xi. pp. 871, 889 (1842). 



Ploceus baya, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 945 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 442 (1850) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. 1. Co. ii. p. 515 

 (1856) ; Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 343 (1863) : Stoliczka, J. A. S. Beng. 

 xli. p. 246 (1872); King, J. A. S. Beng. xxxvii. p. 215 (1868); 



* Ploceus haya is in every way a suitable name for the common Weaver- 

 bird of India, for as no Weaver-bird has ever come from the Philippines, the 

 name of philippi7ius, though older, is quite misleading. Blyth 's name of baya 

 has recently been restricted to the more eastern bird which I call P. atriytda. 

 Blyth says that his P. baya " extends its range throughout India," which cannot 

 be said to apply to the eastern bird. He did not apparently distinguish the 

 two races clear!}-, as he places specimens I'rom Agra and Calcutta under the 

 same heading in his 'Catalogue.' 



