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Class. AYES. 



Fam. FRINGILLHLE. 



Genus, PLOCEUS. 



PLOCEUS stictonotus. 



P. fronte, vertice et nucha flams ; dorso flavo, maculis nigris 

 variegato ; guttere, lateribus capitis, superciliisque nigris; 

 pectore et venire sulpTiuratis. 



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 vellow. Bill 



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