PLOCEIDJE. 



Pig. 44, — Ploceus baya. 



Family PLOCEID/E. 



The intrinsic muscles of the syrinx fixed to the ends of the 

 bronchial semi-rings; the edges of both mandibles perfectly smooth ; 

 the hinder part of the tarsus longitudinally bilaminated, the laminae 

 entire and smooth; wing with ten primaries, the first notably 

 small; nostrils pierced within the line of the forehead or closely 

 outside it, the space between the nostril and the edge of the 

 mandible greater than the space between the nostril and the 

 cultnen ; bill conical and entire, the notch being absent, or obsolete. 



