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BLACK-HOODED WEAVER. 
Total length nearly 6 inches ; hill, gape, gg ; 
front, ; wings, 2 T 9 5 ; tail beyond, 1^ ; base, 2 T 3 5 ; 
tarsus, t 8 s ; hind toe and claw, gg ; middle ditto, 
RUFOUS CROWNED WEAVER. 
Ploceus ruficeps, Swains. 
Yellow, brighter beneath ; crown of the head and fore part 
of the throat rufous ; chin, ears, and frontal line black. 
For an inspection of this new species of "Weaver, 
we are indebted to Assistant Commissary-General 
Weir, who, on his return from the Gambia, obli- 
gingly sent for our examination a considerable col- 
lection of the birds of that country. 
Although very small in comparison with the 
other species of true Ploceus, its whole structure and 
cast of colours places it close to Ploceus textor and 
the other two new species here described. 
General plumage deep and full yellow, tinged 
with green from the nape downwards, but bright on 
the sides of the neck and on all the under plumage. 
A black patch covers the chin, the ears, and the 
sides of the head, and is 'continued in front by a 
v.ery narrow line ; in this patch the eye is situated- 
The fore part of the head and crown is deep rufous, 
