34 FRINGILLIDvE. 



Sp. 15. Ca. Cacaria. 

 Fringilla Canaria. Steph. v. ix. p. 74.— The Canary Islands. 



GENUS CLV.— PLOCEUS, Cuvier. WEAVER-BIRD. 



Nostrum conicum, grande, 

 robustum, rectum : man- 

 dibida superior paulo tu- 

 mida. 



Agelaius (pars) V^ieillot. 



Beak conic, large, robust, 

 straight : the upper man- 

 dible rather swollen. 



Weaver-birds feed on fruits, berries, and insects ; 

 they inhabit the warmer regions of the old and new 

 worlds, those of the old constructing their nests with 

 much art, interlaced with sprigs. 



Sp. I. PI. Philippinus. 



Loxia Philippiua. Steph. v. ix. p. 315. — Inhabits India. 

 Sp. 2. PI. Senegalensis. 



Oriolus textor. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 429. — Inhabits Senegal. 

 Sp. 3. PI. erythrocephalus. 



Fringilla erythrocephala. Steph. v. ix. 458. — Emberiza rubra. 

 Steph. V. ix. p. 412. — Isle of France. 

 Sp. 4. PL Abyssinicus. 



Loxia Abyssinica. Stejih. v. ix. p. 294. — Inhabits Abyssinia. 

 Sp. 5. PI. pensilis. 



Loxia pensilis. Steph. v. ix. p. 2/5. — Inhabits Madagascar. 

 Sp. 6. PI. socius. 



Loxia socia. Steph. v. ix. p. 303. — Inhabits Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 7. PI. Malimbicus. 

 Pl. cristatus, crista mento guldqiie coccineis ; capistro nigra ; cor- 



pore cyaneo-nigro. 

 Crested Weaver-bird with the crest, chin, and throat scarlet; 



the capistrum black ; the body blue-black. 



