FRINGILLID^. 



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Tanagra Malimbica. A?in. du Mus. (T Hist, Nat, ii. p. 148. 



pi. X. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi, oSl-— -Malimbic Tanager. Lath. 

 Gen. Hist. v. vi. p. 39. 



Inhabits Malimba and other parts of Africa. 

 Length six inches : plumage blue-black : the head 

 crested, scarlet : chin and throat also scarlet : beak 

 black, slightly notched ; the feathers round its base 

 and the legs black. The female wants the crest, but 

 has the crown and back part of the neck scarlet. 



Sp. 8. PI. aurifrons. Temm. PL Col. 175, 176. 



Vl.} Jlavo-viridis, dorso scapulisque Jiisco maculatis ; Jronte msLi'ls 

 genis, guldque aureo-Jiavis ; foeminae cinereo-Jlavis ; corpore 

 infrob citrino-flavo. 



Yellow-green Weaver-bird, with the back and scapulars spotted 

 with brown ; with the forehead of the male, the cheeks, and 

 throat golden-yellow ; of the female ashy-yellow ; the body be- 

 neath citron-yellow. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Length six inches 

 and a quarter : the male has the forehead and the 

 top of the head of a fine golden yellow ; the cheeks 

 and the throat of a less brilliant hue : the sides of 

 the neck and all the under parts are citron-yellow : 

 the nape, the upper parts of the body, the tail, and 

 the outer edges of the wing-feathers are yellow-green, 

 the back and scapulars being marked with brown 

 spots, occupying the middle of each feather, the mar- 

 gins being greenish-yellow : the quills are dusky : on 

 the lores is a small brown spot : the beak and the 

 legs are brownish-yellow. The female has the upper 

 parts of the plumage ashy-green, the quills and greater 

 wing-coverts being edged with yellowish-green : the 



