PLOCEUS SPILONOTUS.— Vigors. 
Aves. — Plate LX VI. — Fig. 1. — Male. 
P. capite supra, cervicis lateribus antice, corporeque subtus aurantio-flavis ; gula, jugulo, dorsoque 
summo nigris, hoc flavo-maculato ; remigibus fuscis extern^ flavo-marginatis ; rectricibus olivaceis, 
flavo-marginatis ; rostro nigro, brunneo-nebulato ; oculis rubris ; pedibus carneis, brunneo-tinctis. 
Longitudo corporis cum capite 4 unc. 5 lin. ; caud® 2 unc. 7 lin. 
Ploceus spilonotus. — Vigors, Proceedings of Zoological Society, p. 92, June, 1831. 
Ploceus stictonotus. — Smith, South African Quarterly Journal, No. 5, p. 11, Oct. 1831. 
Ploceus flaviceps. — Swainson, Birds of Western Africa, vol. viii. of Naturalist s Library, by Sir 
William Jardine, p. 259. 1837. 
Colour. — The upper parts of the head gamboge-yellow slightly glossed 
with honey-yellow ; the sides of the head, the chin, and a narrow line 
stretching from the latter to the breast, dark liver brown verging on black ; 
the sides of the neck immediately behind the ear coverts, the breast, the 
belly, the vent, and the under tail coverts light gamboge-yellow, the lateral 
parts of the breast tinted with saffron-yellow. The lower part of the back 
and sides of neck, the interscapulars, and the back, liver-brown, each 
feather broadly tipt with lemon-yellow ; rump yellow, blotched with liver- 
brown. Lesser wing coverts, primary and secondary quill coverts and quill 
feathers light chocolate-brown, the primaries and their coverts edged 
externally with king’s-yellow, the others tipt and edged on both vanes with 
the same colour. Tail light greenish brown, the feathers faintly margined 
externally with king’s-yellow, and internally with primrose-yellow. Bill 
brownish black. Eyes deep vermilion-red. Feet flesh-coloured, tinted with 
brown ; claws a pale horn-colour. 
Form, &c. Typical. Figure rather robust. Head narrow ; bill long, 
pointed, moderately thick, and nearly straight. Wings rounded, and when 
folded reach to the commencement of the second third of the tail ; the first 
