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Class. AVES. 
Fam. FRINGILLIDA. 
Genus, PLOCEUS. 
Puocevs stictonotus. 
P. fronte, vertice et nucha flavis; dorso flavo, maculis nigris 
variegato; guttere, lateribus capitis, suwperciliisque magris ; 
pectore et ventre sulphuratis. 
Throat, sides of head, and eyebrows, black ; front, crown 
and nape, fine yellow, the former with a gold tinge ; intersca- 
pulars, back, rump, and shoulders, mottled yellow and black ; 
outer vanes of primary and secondary quill feathers greenish, 
edged with yellow or greenish yellow; inner vanes greenish 
brown, broadly edged towards quills with yellow. Tail even, 
greenish brown, all the feathers faintly edged with greenish 
vellow; breast, belly, vent, and thighs, sulphur yellow. Biull 
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