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Genus Pyroita, Cuv. 
Pyrgita Motitensis. Top of head and back of neck grey ; 
eyebrows, sides of neck, and back, chesnut ; the interscapu- 
lars dashed with dark black-brown; eyeband, chin, and 
throat, black ; cheeks white ; breast and belly rusty white. 
Length 6} inches. Inhabits the country about Old Latakoo. 
Pyrgita diffusa. Head and neck dull rusty grey; imter- 
scapulars brown, washed with grey; wing coverts, back, and 
rump, dark chesnut brown, some of the coverts tipt with 
white, which form one or two oblique bands on wings; 
chin, throat, breast, and flanks, pale grey brown ; belly, vent, 
and under tail coverts, rusty white; quills and tail dark 
brown. Length 5? inches. Inhabits the country between 
the Orange River and the Tropic. 
Genus Crituaara. Sw. 
Crithagra Selbyii. Upper parts brown-grey; dashed longitu- 
dinally with a;dark brown; rump greenish yellow; eyebrows, 
chin, throat, middle of belly vent, and under tail coverts, 
white; breast and sides of belly brown-grey ; quills and 
tail brown. Length 6 inches. Inhabits the colony and 
country as far as Kurrichaine 
This, which is a distinct species, has been figured by Sir Wm. 
Jardine and Mr. Selby as the young of Crithagra sulphurata. 
Genus Eupiectes. Sw. 
Euplectes taha. The upper part of the head, the inter- 
scapulars, back, rump, upper tail coverts, and vent, 
bright yellow; sides of the head, neck, breast, and belly, 
velvet black; wings and tail brown; under tail coverts 
dirty white. Length 4}; inches. Inhabits the country 
north and east of Kurrichaine. 
Genus Proceus. Owv. 
Ploceus Tahatali. Above golden green, the feathers of top 
of head, back of neck, and interscapulars, dark brown in the 
course of the shafts; beneath bright yellow, here and there of 
an orange tint ; quills brown, outer vanes till near tips edged 
with golden green ; tail olive brown; feathers edged with 
greenish yellow; greater wing coverts and scapulars brown, 
margined with yellow or dull white. Length 5 inches. 
Found between the Orange River and the Tropie. 
Ploceus dubius. Above dark brown, the feathers broadly 
margined with pale rusty brown; eyebrows yellow-white ; 
chin, throat, middle of belly, vent,and under tail coverts, dull 
white; breast and sides of belly rusty white, variegated with 
arts aed brown lines; quills and tail dark brown, edged 
