TEXTOR ERYTHRORHYNCHUS.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXIV. (Male.) 
T. brunneo-niger ; pectoris lateribus plus minusve albo variatis ; remigibus primariis versus basin albis ; 
rostro flavo-rubro ; oculis rubro-aurantiis. 
Longitudo corporis cum capite 5 unc. 4 lin. ; caudee 4 unc. 
Bubalornis Niger, Smith , Rep. of Exped. App. page 52, 1836. 
Colour. — The head, the upper and under parts of the body, the last half of 
each primary quill feather, all the secondary quill feathers and the tail, 
blackish-brown ; the first half of each primary quill feather white, and the 
outer vanes of a few of those nearest to the secondaries margined with the 
same colour almost to their points. Bill light yellowish-red, clouded with 
shades of purple-red. Legs and toes yellowish brown, the former tinted with 
yellowish red ; claws livid umber-brown. Eyes dark brown. 
Form, &c. — Head rather small. Body robust. Bill strong, conical, and 
pointed, very like that of a typical Ploceus ; the culmen slightly arched, and 
entering between the feathers of forehead, flattened at base, anterior to 
nostrils rounded ; nostrils nearly circular, and without membranous edging ; 
the commissure of bill slightly waved. A few short rigid bristles at the angles 
of the mouth. Wings rather short and rounded, when folded they reach to 
nearly the commencement of the second-third of the tail, the first quill 
feather is narrow, and about an inch and a half in length, the third, fourth, 
and fifth are longest and nearly equal, the second and sixth equal and 
slightly shorter than the fifth ; the secondary quill feathers about half an inch 
shorter than the longest primaries. Tail rather long, and slightly rounded at 
the point. Tarsi robust, distinctly scutellated anteriorly, entire behind ; toes 
strong and rather short, the outer and inner ones nearly of equal length, and 
a little shorter than the middle one, hinder toe stronger than the fore ones ; 
claws strong, short, slightly curved, and blunt at the points. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the base of the tail 5 '■* 
of the bill to the gape 0 
of the wings when folded 4 6-1 
of the tail 4 ® 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsus 1 2^ 
of the middle toe 0 9 
of the outer toe 0 6 
of the inner toe 0 5f 
of the hinder toe 0 5 
