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FRINGILLIDJE. 



Sp. 15. Ca. Canaria. 

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



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



Rostrum conicum, grande, 

 robustum, rectum : man- 

 dibula superior paulo tu- 

 mida. 



Agelaius (pars) Vieillot. 



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. 1. PI. Philippinus. 



Loxia Philippina. Stepk. v. ix. p, 315,— Inhabits India. 

 Sp. 2. PI. Senegalensis. 



Oriolus textor. Shauo, v. yii. p. 429.-— Inhabits Senegal. 

 Sp. 3, PI. erythrocephalus. 



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

 Stepk. V, ix. p. 412. — Isle of France. 

 Sp. 4. PI. Abyssinicus. 



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

 Sp. 5. PI. pensilis. 



Loxia pensilis. Stepk. v. ix. p. 275. — Inhabits Madagascar. 

 Sp. 6. PI. socius. 



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

 Sp. 7. PI. Malimbicus. 



Pl. Crist at us, crista mento guldque coccineis ; capistro nigro j cor- 



pore cyaneo-nigro. 

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



the capistrum black ; the body blue-black. 



