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)itar</ins sVhjhthj !<inualed and an<julated at tlie base, and the (jonij^ lengthened and 
ascending upwards; the nostrils basal, rounded and the partly hidden by the fron- 
tal plumes; wings moderate, with the first quill very short, the second shorter than 
the third, the third to the fifth longest, and the tertials nearly the length of the 
quills; tail moderate, with the end even or slightly rounded; tarsi as long as or 
longer than the middle toe;, toes moderate^ the inner toe shorter than the outer, 
and the claws long, slender, slightly curved and compressed. — 32 Specc. 
abyssiniens Lesson, Traité Ornith. 434. = Hyphantornis capensis Gray. 
abyssiiiicus Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 407. [Africa occid. merid. 
Fringilla abyssinica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 857. — Vieillot, Oiseaux chant. 
Tb. 28.' 
Loxia afra Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 837. 
Loxia melanogastra Latham, Ind. Ornith. 394. 
Fringilla ranunculacea Liciitenstein , Verz. Doubl. 23. 
Euplectes melanogaster , En. taha Swainson, Chissif. Birds II. 279. 
Ploceus taha Smith, Illustr. SAfr. Zool. Tb. 7. — Layard, Birds SAfr. 184. 
Ploceus dubius Smith, Report SAfr. Exped. 50. 
Euplectes abyssinicus Rüppell, syst. Uebers. NOAfrica 76. 
Ploceus afer Gray, Genera Birds II. 352. 
Euplectes afer Hartlaub, Ornith. WAfr. 29. 
Taha abyssinica, T. dubia Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 71. 73. 
Euplectes ranunculaceus Hartlaub, Ornith. W Africa 29. 
Taha afer, T. taha Gray, Handl. Birds II. 46. 
aethiopiciis Sundevall, Oefvers. kgl. vet. Forhdl. 1850. 126. 
[Africa or. sept. 
Quelea orientalis v. Heuglin, Journ. Ornith. 1862. X. 27. 
Ilyphantica aethiopica v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. 543. 
Ploceus sanguinirosiris Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 218. 
Quelea aethiopica Gray, Handl. Birds II. 44. 
affinis V. Heuglin, syst. Uebers. NOAfr. = Hyphantornis badia Cass. 
algoiidae Pollen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866. 423; Rech. Faune Madagascar 109. 
Tb. 34. [Mayotte. 
Foudia algondae Gray, Handl. Birds II. 45. 
atrigula Gray, Genera Birds II. 352. = Ploceus baya Blyth. 
atrogularis Vogt, Cuv. Thierr. 164. ~ Hyphantornis nigricollis Reichb. 
auranticeps v. Heuglin, syst. Uebers. NOAfr. = Hyphantornis vitelUna v. Heugl. 
aurantius v. Heuglin, syst. Uebers. NOAfr. — Hyphantornis Guerini Gray. 
aurantius Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 279. = Hyphantornis aurantia Gray. 
aurantius var. Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mossamb. XVIII. 322. = Hyphantornis 
aureo flava Gray. 
aureoflavus Smith, Illustr. SAfr. Zool. Tb. 30. texte. = Hyphantornis aureo- 
flava Gray. 
aureus Gray, Genera Birds II. 342. [Benguela. 
Loxia aurea Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 846. 
Euplectes aurinotus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 279. 
Cyromelana aurea Gray, Handl. Birds II. 46. 
aureus Lesson, Traité Ornith. = Ploceus bengalensis Blyth. 
auricapillus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 279. — Hyphantornis aureicapilla 
Gray. 
aurifrons Temminck, PI. color. 175. = Hyphantornis aurifrons Gray. 
badius Reichenbach, ausl. Singvögel 83. = Hyphantornis badia Cass. 
baglafecht Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 698. [cf. Hyphantornis Spekel Heugl.] — 
Abyssinia. 
baya Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1844. XIII. 945. [India. 
Ploceus philippensis Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832. 94. — Blyth, Journ. 
as. Soc. Bengal 1842. XL 871. 889. 
Ploceus atrigula PI. passerinus $ Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 84. 
