242 PASSERES. 



Hyphantornis guerini, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 364. 

 Ploceus auricularis, Des Murs, op. cit. Album, Ois. pi. 9, f. 1. 

 a Abyssinia (Verreaux) 1850. 



SYCOBROTUS. 

 Sycobrotus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 182 (1851). 



1191. Sycobrotus bicolor. 



Ploceus bicolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xxiv. p. 127. 

 Sycobrotus bicolor, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, iv. 

 p. 403. 



a W. Africa (Bt. at Birmingham} 1849. 



PLOCEUS. 



Ploceus, Cuvier, Regn. Anim. i. p. 363 (1817). 



1192. Ploceus philippinus. 



Loocia philippina, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 305. 



Ploceus philippinus, Wald. Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 209. 



Ploceus baya, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 945 : Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 343. 



a $, b Madras (A. Strickland] 1833. c Malacca (Askew) 

 1837. d Malacca (Johnson) 1837. e Malacca (N. C. Strick- 

 land) 1838. /India (Major Stacey) 1845. g S. India ("Eu- 

 plectes philippensis," T. C. Jerdori) 1850. h India (E. Blyth} 

 1850. 



a, b, c, d and e were all identified by Strickland with the Linnsean 

 L. philippina (See Walden I. s. c.). 



1193. Ploceus manyar. 



Fringilla manyar, Horsf. Trans. L. S. xiii. p. 160. 



Ploceus manyar, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 348. 



a, b India ('Ploceus manyar" E. Blyth} 1851. 



1194. Ploceus bengalensis. 



Loxia bengalensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 305. 



Ploceus bengalensis, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 349. 



a India (" Ploceus bengalensis, non-breeding dress," E. Blyth} 

 1846. b India (E. Blyth} 1850. c India (E. Blyth) 1851. d 

 India ("Ploceus bengalensis, female," E. Blyth} 1851. 



