514 
CATALOaUE. 
Tampooa, Malays, Baffles. 
PiNTAU, Sumatrans, Baffles. 
A. B. c. S ? • Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
d. S' Drawing. From Sir T. S. Raffles's Collection. 
Ploceus Jiypoxanthus may be at once distinguished by its rather 
smaller size, and having a shorter, thicker, and more triangular bill. 
Length of wing in adult male and female, 2^ inches. 
783. PLOCEUS MANYAB, Horsfield 8p. 
Fringilla Manyar, Horsf., Trans. Linn, Soc, XIII. p. 160 
(1820). Lath., Hist, of Birds, V. p. 233. 
Ploceus Manyar, Sorsf. McClell, P. Z. S. (1839), 
p. 163. Strickland, in epistold. Blyth, J. A. S. 
Beng. XIII. p. 945; Cat. B. Mus. A. 8. Beng. 
p. 115. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. 352. 
Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XIII. pt. 1, p. 134. Layard, 
Ann. Nat. JSist. 2nd ser. p. 257. Tytler, Ann. Nat. 
Hist. 2nd ser. p. 368. 
Ploceus flaviceps, Ouvier, Mus. Baris. (Vide Less., Tr. 
d'Orn.) Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 443. 
Euplectes flaviceps. Swains., 2\ Cent, of Birds, p. 310. 
(1838). 
Ploceus striatus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 873 
(1842) ; XII. p. 181, his; Ann. Nat. Hist. (1843), 
p. 166. 
Euplectes bengalensis, apud Jerdon, Madras Journ. XI. 
p. 25. 
Beahminee Bata, Jerdon. 
Mantar, Java, Horsfeld. 
Telia Baya, Bengal, Blyth. 
A. ^. c. d. ^ ? . (P. Manyar, Horsf.) Java. From 
Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 
E. F. g. h. S ? J adult et jun. (P. striatus, Blyth.) 
Bengal. From the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
I. c?. Assam. From McClelland's Collection. 
J. k. I. m. $ , jun. Futtehpore. Presented by Dr. H. 
Gould. 
" Constructs a non-pensile nest among reeds, with an incipient 
