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Genus SPERMOSPJZA. 



161. Spermospiza hcematina (Vieill.). Blue-beaked Weaver- 



bird. 



Hab. West Africa. 



a. Male; b. Female. Purchased, Dec. 23,1870. 



Genus QUELEA. 



162. Quelea sanguinirostris (Linn.). Red-beaked Weaver- 



bird. 



Hab. West Africa. 



a, b. Males ; c, d. Females. Presented, May 19, 1865. 



e,f. Purchased, March 15, 1869. 



fj. Presented by "W. H. Simuionds, Esq., Oct. 5, 1878. 



Genus PLOCEUS. 



1G3. Ploceus manyar (Horsf.). Manyar Weaver-bird. 

 Hab. India and Malacca. 



a. Male ; b. Female. Purchased, June 2, 1860. 



c. Purchased, March 5, 1870. 



d, e. Received in exchange, Dec. 31, 1873. 



/. Presented by W. D. Barker, Esq., jun., Jan. 12, 1876. . 



Genus HYPHANTOENIS. 



164. Hyphantornis textor (Gm.). Rufous-necked Weaver- 



bird. 



Hab. West Africa. 



a-c. Purchased, Aug. 24, 1859. 



d. Presented by William Eussell, Esq., F.Z.S., Sept. 15, 1862. 



e. Bred in the Gardens, Sept. 25, 1864. 

 /. Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 12, 1867. 

 ff. Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 17, 1869. 

 h. Presented, Sept. 18, 1873. 



i. Presented by Mr. Hincks, April 9, 1874. 

 j-l. Presented by Mrs. Bates, Feb. 19, 1876. 

 m-p. Deposited, Sept. 25, 1878. 



165. Hyphantornis capensis (Gm.). Olive Weaver-bird. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



a-d. Purchased, May 18, 1869. 



