TEXTOR ERYTHRORHYNCHUS.— Smith. 



AvES. — Plate LXIV, (Male.) 



T. brunneo-nigcr ; pectoris lateribus plus minusvc albo variatis ; remigibus primariis versus basin albis ; 



rostro flavo-rubro ; oculis rubro-aurantiis. 

 LoNGlTUDO corporis cum capite 5 unc. 4 lin. ; caudae 4. unc. 



BnBALORNis Niger, Smith, Eep. of Exped. App. page 52, 1836. 



Colour. — The head, the upper and under parts of the body, the last half of 

 each primary quill feather, all the secondary quill feathers and the tail, 

 blackish-brown ; the first half of each primary quill feather white, and the 

 outer vanes of a few of those nearest to the secondaries margined with the 

 same colour almost to their points. Bill light yellowish-red, clouded with 

 shades of purple-red. Legs and toes yellowish brown, the former tinted with 

 yellowish red ; claws livid umber-brown. Eyes dark brown. 



Form, &c. — Head rather small. Body robust. Bill strong, conical, and 

 pointed, very like that of a typical Ploceus ; the culmen slightly arched, and 

 entering between the feathers of forehead, flattened at base, anterior to 

 nostrils rounded ; nostrils nearly circular, and without membranous edging ; 

 the commissure of bill slightly waved. A few short rigid bristles at the angles 

 of the mouth. Wings rather short and rounded, when folded they reach to 

 nearly the commencement of the second-third of the tail, the first quill 

 feather is narrow, and about an inch and a half in length, the third, fourth, 

 and fifth are longest and nearly equal, the second and sixth equal and 

 slightly shorter than the fifth ; the secondary quill feathers about half an inch 

 shorter than the longest primaries. Tail rather long, and slightly rounded at 

 the point. Tarsi robust, distinctly scutellated anteriorly, entire behind ; toes 

 strong and rather short, the outer and inner ones nearly of equal length, and 

 a little shorter than the middle one, hinder toe stronger than the fore ones ; 

 claws strong, short, slightly curved, and blunt at the points. 



DIMENSIONS 



Inches. Lines. 

 LeDgth from the point of tlie bill to 



the base of the tail 5 4 



of the biU to the gape 11 J 



Length of the tarsus .... 

 of the middle toe. 

 of the outer toe . 

 of the inner toe . 

 ofthetail 4 ! of the hinder toe . 



of the wings when folded 4 Ci 



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