66 PLOCEimE SITAGRA 



Genus II. SITAGRA. 



Type. 



Sitagra, Beichb. Syst. Nat. pi. 79, fig. 15 (1850) S. luteola. 



Like Hyphantornis, but the bill at the nostrils about equal in 

 height and depth, instead of being higher than broad. The genus 

 includes seven species of African Weavers, including four found in 

 South Africa. They resemble species of the preceding genus in 

 their general style of coloration and habits. 



Sitagra ocularia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat black ; a black streak through the eye ... S. ocularia, $ , p. 06. 



b. Throat deep orange, like the face ..................... S. ocularia, ? . 



c. Throat chestnut, no black line through eye ...... S. xanthoptera, p. 68. 



d. Throat yellow or orange-yellow. 

 a 1 . Forehead orange -yellow. 



a 2 . Without any trace of chestnut on the head, 



face or throat .................... ................ 8. capensis, <? , p. 69. 



& 2 . The head, face and throat tinged with 



chestnut ............................................. S. capensis caffra, $ , 



p. 70. 

 b 1 . Forehead, crown and back olive-brown. 



c 2 . Size larger. Wing over 3 '60 .................. S. capensis, % , p. 69. 



d?. Size smaller. Wing under 3 '50 ............... S. capensis caffra, ?, 



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30. Sitagra ocularia. Smith's Weaver Bird. 



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Ploceus ocularius, Smith, Proc. 8. Afr. Inst. 1828; id. III. Zool. 8. 



Afr. pi. 30, fig. 2 (1839) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 23. 

 Hyphantornis ocularius, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 182 (1867) ; Bocage 



Orn. Angola, p. 328 (1881). 

 Hyphanturgus ocularius, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 435 (1884) ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 38 (1896). 

 Sitagra ocularia, Sharpe. Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 427 (1890). 



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