NEW SPECIES OF VIDUA, EUPLECTES, AND PYRENESTES. 243 



Total length (of skin) from tip of bill to end of tail about 4 4-10 inches, wing 

 2 3-10, tail 1 9-10 inches. 



Hab. Western Africa. 



Very similar in colour and general appearance to Pijrenestes coccineiis, (Vieill.) but 

 is much smaller and less robustly organized. 



The two species measure as follows : — 



Total length of skin from tip of bill to end of tail, 



Length of wing from flexure to tip of longest primary, 



Length of tail, 



Length of bill from gape, 



Breadth of under mandible, 



The dimensions of P. ostrinus here given, are nearly the same as those given by 

 Mr. Swainson, in Birds of Western Africa, vol. i. p. 158, (Nat. Lib.) and agree with 

 Vieillot's plate Ois. Chant, pi. 48. 



Several specimens of each species are in the collection of the Academy. 



P. ostrinus 



, (Vieill.) 



P. 



coccineus, 



, Cassin. 



5 6-10 inches. 





4 4-10 inches. 



2 8-10 



a 





2 3-10 



a 



ii-10 



a 





1 9-10 



ii 



7-10 



a 





5-10 



a 



7-10 



a 





5-10 



a 



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