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Genus 6. — PLOCE US. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character .—Bill strong, forming an acute cone, 
sharp, inflected, and compressed at the point, without a notch ; 
edges of the mandibles inflected ; nostrils basal, placed high in 
the bill, ovoid, and open ; tarsus same length as the middle toe; 
the three anterior toes adhering at the base ; the fourth quill 
longest. 
Ploceus Philippinus. —The Philippine Weaver. 
Plate XLVII. fig. 4. 
Brown above, whitish-yellow beneath ; crown of the head 
and breast dull sulphur-yellow ; throat burnt umber-brown. 
Five inches and a quarter long. Inhabits the Philippine Isl¬ 
ands. 
Genus 7.—LOXIA.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill elongated, strong, and considerably 
depressed; both mandibles equally convex, and crossing each 
other at the points, when closed; nostrils round, lateral, and 
basal, hid by reflected hard nuchal feathers; the anterior toes 
quite free; first quill feathers longest; tail forked. 
Loxia curvirustra. — The Common Crossbill. 
Plate XLVII. fig. 5. 
Upper and under parts tile-red, intermixed with yellowish- 
gray ; quills and tail bluish-black, margined with cream-yellow; 
legs and toes brown. Six inches long. Inhabits north of Eu¬ 
rope and America. 
Genus 8. —PSITTI ROSTRA.— Temminck. 
Generic Character. —Bill short, greatly hooked, gibbous at 
the base; upper mandible bent over the under one at the point; 
under mandible broad and rounded, with an obtuse tip; nos¬ 
trils placed at the base of the bill, lateral, partly covered by a 
feathered membrane; tarsus somewhat longer than the middle 
toe; toes free, the lateral ones of equal length ; first quill ob¬ 
solete, second shorter than the third. 
Psittirostra psittacea. — The Sandwich-Island Parrot-Bill. 
Head and neck yellow; rest of the plumage olive-brown. 
