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under tail- covers in the bird before us are buff ; 

 the terminal or longest tail-covers being nearly 

 white. 



M. Yieillot having very well figured and described 

 another of these splendid scarlet and black Weavers, 

 under tne specific name of oryx, we propose re- 

 taining the old name to that species. We may 

 therefore consider it as the Euplectes oryx, while 

 the following specific character will distinguish it 

 from the two preceding. 



GRENADIER WEAVER. 



Euplectes oryx, SWAINS. 



Crimson ; crown, chin, ears and body beneath, black ; wings 

 and tail brown ; the latter not concealed by the covers. 



Loxia oryx, Vieill. Ois. CJiant. PI. 66. 



THE dimensions of our E.Jlammiceps are as follows : 

 Total length, 4| inches ; bill -f$ from the gape ; 

 wings, 2f ; tarsus, ^ ; tail from the base, 2 ; be- 

 yond the wings, 1. 



