FRINGILLID&. — COCCOTHRAUSTIN &. 279 
long and slender ; the lateral of equal length. Claws 
slender, very slightly curved. (c) 
E. ignicolor. Ois. Ch. pl.59. melanogaster. Brown, Ill. 
flammiceps. W.Af.i. pl.13. pl. 24. f. 2. 
oryx. O. Chant. pl.66.  albirostris. Part 5. No. 88. 
sanguinirostris. Ib.pl.22. lepidus. Ib. No. 89. 
Capensis. P.E.101. f.1. flaviceps. Ib. No. 90. 
(fig. 247.) Philippensis. Ib. No. 91. 
rubra. Part 5. No. 87. aurinotis. Ib. No. 92. 
Ploceus, Cuv. (fig. 247.) Bill eps a as 
long as the head. Nostrils 
almost naked. Wings 
moderate ; the second, 
third, fourth, and fifth 
quills nearly equal ; ter- ; 
tials shorter than the primaries. Tail short, even. 
Feet large, thick. Toes robust; the lateral equal. 
Claws strong, thick, fully curved. (jig. 248.) 
P. textor. Zool. Ill. ii. pl. 37. personatus. Part 5. No.81. 
brachypterus. West. Af. i. melanotis. Ib. No. 82. 
pl. LO. flaviceps. Ib. No. 83. 
cristatus. Part 5. No. 77. cucullatus. Ib. No. 84. 
rubricollis. Ib. No. 78. ruficeps. Ib. No. 85. 
niger. Ib. No. 79. erythrocephalus. Ib. No.86. 
aurantius. Ib. No. 80. auricapillus. Ib. No. 195. 
Symplectes, Sw. (fig. 249.) General structure of 
Ploceus; but the bill is 
more compressed, the 
commissure curved, but 
neither sinuated nor 
toothed. Wings short, 
rounded ; the first quill . ~ 
half as lone as the second, pa” with the third, is 
graduated; the three next are nearly equal, and are 
the longest. Tail moderate, even. Feet strong. The 
middle toe abbreviated ; inner lateral toe shorter than 
the outer ; hinder toe long, equal to the middle toe. 
S. chrysomus. West. Af. i. 170. 
Amanpina, Swains. Bengaly. Size very small. Bill very 
short, conic. Wings pointed. Spurious quill minute. 
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