PLINTHOPICUS. — PLOCEUS. 
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Cacatua aequaiorialis Temminck, Coup d'œil. gen. Iiid. Arch. 1849. III. 405. 
Plyctolophus aequatorialis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1850. 139. 
Katilla. 
tenuirostris Stephens, gener. Zool. XIV. 108. = Plictolophus nasicus Finsch. 
triton Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1850. 139. — Finsch, Papag. I. 291. 
[Nova Guinea. Aru. 
Cacatua triton Temminck, Coup d'oeil. gen. Ind. Arch. 1849. III. 405. 
Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Psitt. 135. 
Psittacus galeritus, Ps. suljphureus Lesson, Voy. Coquille Zool. I. 624. 
Plyctolophus sulphureus Yel luteocristatus Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1850. 138. 
Cacatua cyanopsis Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1856. 447. 
Plictolophus macrolophus Rosenberg, Journ. Ornith. 1861. IX. 45. 
Cacatua Eleonorae Finsch, nederl. Tijdschr. 1863. XXI. 
Plyctolophus aequatorialis Rosenberg, Journ. Ornith. 1864. XII. 150. 
Cacatua macrolopha Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864. 280. 
Cacatua galericulata Rosenberg, Reise de Zuidoost 1867. 13. 19. 48. 100. 
PLINTHOPICUS Malherbe 1861. — Picus porphyromelas Boie. 
PLISSOLOPHUS Gloger, Handb. 1842. = Plictolophus Vieill. 
PLOCEALAUDA typica Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Miscell. 1844. 84. = Alauda assamica. 
PLOCEOLUS (Ploceinae. — ploceus diminut.) Reichenbacii , ausländ. Singvögel 
76. = Hyphantornis Gray. 
Schnabel kurz kegelförmig, Firste in rechtem Winkel in die Stirn eintretend, 
stark gewölbt, spitz vvärts allmälig verschmälert. Nasendecken stumpfwinklig, Nasen- 
löcher länglich rundlich, nackt. Schneiden fast gerade, wenig eingezogen. Schwingen 
1. verkümmert, kurz und stumpflig, 2. ==6., 3. =5. länger, folgende abnehmend. 
Schwanz abgerundet. Lauf so lang wie Mittelzehe. 
capitalis Reichenbacii, ausl. Singvögel 77. = Hyphantornis capitalis Gray. 
hypoxanthus Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 77. — Ploceus hypoxanthus Blyth. 
luteolus Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 11. — Hyphantornis luteola Finsch. 
melanotis Reichenbacii, ausl. Singvögel 78. — Hyphantornis Giierini Gray. 
nigrifrons Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 78. = Hyphantornis nigrifrons Cab. 
personatus Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 77. = Hyphantornis luteola Finsch. 
philippinus Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 78. — Ploceus philippinus Cuv. 
sublarvatus Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 77. — Ploceus sublarvatus Müll. 
taeniopterus Reichenbach, ausl. Sijigvögel 78. = Hyphantornis taenioptera 
Heugl. 
vitellinus Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 78. — Hyphantornis vitellina Heugl. 
PLOCEPASSER (Ploceinae. — ploceus, passer) Smith, SAfr. Zool. Birds 1836. 
— Gray, Genera Birds II. 354. — Philagrus Cab. 
Bill large, conical, pointed and laterally compressed; the culmen slightly 
arched advanced on the forehead in a point. Wings moderately Jong and rounded, 
with the first quill very short, the second and third equal and longest. Tail 
square at the end or slightly emarginated. Tarsi strong with distinct shields in 
front and entire behind. The outer and inner toe equal; the hinder one slightly 
shorter, but stronger, the middle one much the longest. 
mahali Smith, SAfr. Zool. Tb. 65. ~ Philagrus mahali Cab. 
melanorhynchus Rüppell, syst. Uebers. NOAfr. 74. — Philagrus melano^ 
rhynchus Cab. 
pileatus Gray, Genera Birds II. 354. — Philagrus mahali Cab. 
superciliaris Smith, SAfr. Zool. — Philagrus superciliosus Cab. 
PLOCEUS (Ploceinae. — tcXoxsuç textor). — Cuvier, Règne anim. 1817. I. 
406. — Gray, Genera Birds II. 352. 
Synon.: Euplectes, Agrophilus, Leucophrys Swains. — Oryx Less. — Pyromelana, 
Xanthomelas , Nelicurvius Boiiap. — Plocepasser (Ploceipasser ) Smith. — Sporopipes, Hy- 
phantica Cab. — Quelea, Foudia, Pholidocoma , Taha Reichb. — Calyphantria Heine. 
Bill short, thick at the base, pointed at the tip, laterally compressed, with 
the culmen smooth, rounded and advancing on the forehead in a point; the lateral 
