PLOCEUS SPILONOTUS.— Vigors. 



AvEs.— Plate LXVL— Ficr. 1.— Male. 



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P. capite supra, cervicis lateribus antice, corporeque subtiis aurantio-flavis ; gula, jugulo, dorsoqiie 

 summo nigris, hoc flavo-maculato ; remigibus fuscis extern^ flavo-marginatis ; rectricibus olivaceis, 

 flavo-niargiuatis ; rostro uigro, brunnoo-nebulato ; oculis rubris ; pedibus camels, brimneo-tiiictis. 



LoxGiTUDo corporis cum capite 4 unc. 5 lin. ; caudce 2 unc. 7 lin. 



Ploceus SPILONOTUS. — Viffors, Proceedings of Zoological Society, p. 92, June, 1831. 

 Ploceus stictoxotus. — Smit?i, South African Quarterly Journal, No. 5, p. 11, Oct. 1S31. 

 Ploceds flaviceps. — tS'wainson, Birds of Western Africa, vol. viii. of Naturalist's Library, by Sir 

 William Jardine, p. 259. 1837. 



Colour. — The upper parts of the head gamboge-yellow slightly glossed 

 with honey-yellow ; the sides of the head, the chin, and a narrow line 

 stretching from the latter to the breast, dark liver brown verging on black ; 

 the sides of the neck immediately behind the ear coverts, the breast, the 

 belly, the vent, and the under tail coverts light gamboge-yellow, the lateral 

 parts of the breast tinted with saffron-yellow. The lower part of the back 

 and sides of neck, the interscapulars, and the back, liver-brown, each 

 feather broadly tipt with lemon-yellow ; rump yellow, blotched with liver- 

 brown. Lesser wing coverts, primary and secondary quill coverts and quill 

 feathers light chocolate-brown, the primaries and their coverts edged 

 externally with king's-yellow, the others tipt and edged on both vanes with 

 the same colour. Tail light greenish brown, the feathers faintly margined 

 externally with king's-yellow, and internally with primrose-yellow. Bill 

 brownish black. Eyes deep vermilion-red. Feet flesh-coloured, tinted with 

 brown ; claws a pale horn-colour. 



Form, &c. — Typical. Figure rather robust. Head narrow ; bill long, 

 pointed, moderately thick, and nearly straight. Wings rounded, and when 

 folded reach to the commencement of the second third of the tail ; the first 



