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Genus PYRGITA, Cuv. 



Pyrgita Motiiensis. 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 6j inches. Inhabits the country about Old Latakoo. 



Pyrgita di/usa. Head and 'neck dull rusty grey ; inter- 

 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 CEITHAGRA. Sw. 



Criihagra Selbyii. Upper parts brown- grey ; dashed longitu- 

 dinally with ajdark 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 EUPLECTES. Sw. 



Eupledes 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 4J inches. Inhabits the country 

 north and east of Kurrichaine. 



Genus PLOCEUS. Cuv. 



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 5J inches. 

 Found between the Orange Eiver and the Tropic. 



Ploceus diibim. 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 

 longitudinal brown lines; quills and tail dark brown, edged 

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