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sinuated, accord with Ploceus, and shows that the 

 nature of its food is more in unison with the latter 

 than with the former of these divisions. The first 

 or spurious quill, also, is not nearly so much deve- 

 loped as in Symplectes, for it is little more than one- 

 third the length of the second ; this latter, and the 

 third, are graduated, so that the fourth hecomes the 

 longest ; the tail is slightly rounded, and the inner 

 toe rather shorter than the outer. 



We fortunately possess hoth the sexes. In the 

 male the whole of the head, ears, and sides of the 

 neck, are of a deep yellowish huff, or dull orange ; 

 the chin and front of the neck heing covered by a 

 black patch ; the breast is deep yellow verging to 

 buff; the remaining under parts paler, but of a clear 

 yellow. In both sexes there is a black stripe through 

 the eye, beginning at the nostrils and ending above 

 the ears ; the upper plumage, from the nape to the 

 tail, is yellow -olive ; the wings and tail being inter- 

 nally light brown. The female differs in having 

 the head of the same colour as the back, the under 

 parts entirely yellow, and the ears only tinged with 

 buff ; bill black ; legs pale. 



It may here be remarked that the genus Malim- 

 lus of Vieillot belongs to that of Ploceus, as it now 

 stands ; we even suspect it is the true typical form. 



Total length 6 ; bill, ft ; wings, 3^ ; tail be- 

 yond, I ft ; tarsus, ft. 



