PLOCEUS OCULARIUS.— Smith. 
Aves.— Plate XXX.— Fig. 2. (Male.) 
I . fi onte, vertice, pectoreque auro-flavis ; dorso, uropygio, humerisque flavo-virentibus ; abdomine cau- 
d toque tcctricibus inferioiibus subvitellinis ; gula, gutture, fasciaque per oculos nigris ; remigibus 
griseo-brunneis exteme flavo-marginatis ; rectricibus flavo-brunneis, flavo-marginatis. Rostro nigro ; 
oculis flavo-rubris ; pedibus livido-purpureis. 
Loxgitudo corporis cum capite 3 unc. 11 lin.; caudw 3 unc. 1 lin. 
1 loceus oculakics, Smith. — Proceedings of the South African Institution, Nov. 1828. 
Colour. Front, crown, cheeks, sides of neck and breast golden yellow ; 
nape, back, rump, upper tail coverts and lesser wing coverts greenish yellow 
m erging towards oil-green ; belly and under tail coverts gamboge-yellow, the 
lattei inclining to king’s-yellow. Chin, throat, and a transverse stripe on each 
side ol the head enclosing the eye, deep black. Bill black ; eyes reddish 
\ellow ; legs and toes livid purple ; claws horn-coloured. 
1 orm, &c.— -Figure rather slender. Bill long, considerably curved, and not 
so lobust as in the more typical species ; nostrils circular and near to the 
capistrum. Wings rounded, and when folded extend but little beyond the 
rase o the tail , the third and fourth quill feathers rather the longest, the 
second and fifth slightly shorter, the first about one-third of the length of the 
second. 1 ail rather long and slightly rounded. Tarsus strong ; the hinder 
toe very iobust, and its claw strong and much curved ; anterior toes rather 
slendei and the claws delicate ; the outer toe slightly longer than the inner 
one. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 7 0 
of the bill to the angle of the 
mouth 0 9 4 
of the wings when folded ... 3 3 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tail 3 j 
of the tarsus 1 j 
of the middle toe 0 7T 
of the outer toe 0 4 
of the hinder toe 0 4 
The principal difference between the male and female consists in the latter 
having the chin and throat of the same colour as the upper surface of the 
