PLOCEUS OCULARIUS.— Smith. 



AvEs.— Plate XXX.— Fig. 2. (Male.) 



P. fronte, vertice, pectorcquo auru-flavis ; dorso, uropygio, humcrisquc flavo-virentibiis ; abdoniine cau- 

 dteque tectricibus inferioribus subvitellinis ; gula, gutture, fasciaque per oculos nigris ; remigibus 

 grisco-brunneis cxterno flavo-marginatis ; rectricibus flavo-brunneis, flavo-marginatis. Rostro nigro ; 

 oculis flavo-rubris ; pedibus livido-piirpureis. 



LoNGlTUDO corporis cum capite 3 unc. 1 1 lin. ; caudfe 3 unc. 1 lin. 



Ploceus ocdlarivs, Smith. — Proceedings of the South African Institution, Nov. 1828. 



Colour. — Front, crown, cheeks, sides of neck and breast golden yellow ; 

 nape, back, rump, upper tail coverts and lesser wing coverts greenish yellow 

 verging towards oil-green ; belly and under tail coverts gamboge-yellow, the 

 latter inclining to king's-yellow. Chin, throat, and a transverse stripe on each 

 side of the head enclosing the eye, deep black. Bill black ; eyes reddish 

 yellow ; legs and toes livid purple ; claws horn-coloured. 



Form, &c.— Figure rather slender. Bill long, considerably curved, and not 

 so robust as in the more typical species ; nostrils circular and near to the 

 capistrum. Wings rounded, and when folded extend but little beyond the 

 base of the tail ; the third and fourth quill feathers rather the longest, the 

 second and fifth slightly shorter, the lirst about one-third of the length of the 

 second. Tail rather long and slightly rounded. Tarsus strong ; the hinder 

 toe very robust, and its claw strong and much curved ; anterior toes rather 

 slender and the claws delicate ; the outer toe slightly longer than the inner 



one. 



• DIMENSIONS. 



laches. Lines. 



Length from the point of the bill to 



the tip of the tail 7 



of the bill to the angle of the 



mouth 9i 



of the wings when folded ... 3 3 



Length of the tail 



of the tarsus — 

 of the middle toe. 

 of the outer toe . 

 of the hinder toe. 



The principal difference between the male and female consists in the latter 

 having the chin and throat of the same colour as the upper surface of the 



