240 BIRDS. GRANIVOILE. 



throat and vent red ; supercilioe and spot on the throat white. 

 8| inches long. Inhabits Guiana. Shaw, x. 442. 



T. atra, Desm. (Saltator, Vieill.) Plumage cinereous, quills and 

 tail darkest, with the head in front and whole of the lower part 

 of the neck black. 7 inches long. Guiana Shaw, xiv. pi. 3. 



T. archiepiscopus, Desm. Head, throat, and breast violet ; lower 

 belly and rump gray ; back olive ; upper lesser wing-coverts gol- 

 den yellow, in the male ; female gray-brown, beneath cinereous, 

 tinged with violet, and a violet spot on the eyes ; bill and legs 

 black. 7 inches long. Inhabits S. America Shaw, xiv. pi. 4. 



T. speculifera, Tern. (Nemosia, Vieill.) Plumage above olive- 

 black ; with the throat, neck in front, back, rump, and under tail- 

 coverts yellow, and a white spot on the wings. 5 inches long. In- 

 habits Brazil. Shaw, xiv. pi. 2. 



T. diademata, Tern, (Nemosia, Vieill.) Cheeks, nape, lesser wing- 

 coverts, tail-coverts, back, outer web of all the quills and tail, and 

 nearly all the under parts, blue ; tail, throat, and forehead black ; 

 a red spot on the crown, and elongated white feathers on the 

 occiput. Inhabits Brazil. Tern. PI. Col. 243. 



T. viridis, Tern. Head and occiput yellowish green ; throat and 

 neck in front green, the latter with a coppery blue half collar ; 

 body above varied with blue and green ; beneath yellow ; wings 

 green. Inhabit? Brazil Tern. PI. Col. 36. fig 3. 



Gen. 5. I?LOCEUS, Cuv. Tern. Loxia, Lin. 

 Bill strong, conical, sharp, inflected, and compressed at the point, 

 without a notch, edges of the mandibles bent inwards; nostrils 

 basal, near the surface of the bill, ovoid, and open ; tarsus of 

 the same length as the middle toe ; the three anterior toes 

 united at the base ; the fourth quill the longest. 



P. Philippimis, Tern. (Loxia, Lin.) Philippine Weaver. Plumage 

 brown above, whitish-yellow beneath ; crown of the head and breast 

 yellow ; throat brown. The female has the upper parts brown, 

 edged with rufous. 5 J inches long. Inhabits Philippine Islands. 

 Shaw, ix. 315. 



This bird forms a very curious nest, in the shape of a long cylinder, swelling out 

 at the middle, composed of the fine fibres of leaves and grass, and fastened by the 

 end to the branch of a high tree. This nest has two or three compartments, the 

 eggs being deposited in that which is jn the globose portion in the middle, the 

 entrance being at the bottom of the long cylinder, and thus, in a great measure, con- 

 cealed. The whole is generally suspended over water. The Philippine weaver may 

 be rendered so very tame, as to come and perch on its master's hand, or to fetch 

 and carry, like a dog, at command. 



P. Abyssinicus, Tern. (Loxia, Gmel.) Abyssinian Weaver. Plu- 

 mage yellow, with the crown, cheeks, throat, and breast black ; 

 wings antd ail brown. Size of the Hawfinch. Inhabits Abyssi- 

 nia. Shaw, ix. 294 

 This bird forms a nest of a pyramidal shape, which is suspended from the ends 



of branches. The opening is on one side, facing the east, being opposite to that 



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