CONTENTS. 
African Passerine Owl. PAGE 
Scotophilus perlatus . . . . . , 130 
The Order of Perchers, or Insessokes . . 133 
White-backed Crow. 
Corvus leuconotm. Plate V 133 
Senegal Piapec. 
PtUostomus Senegalensis 135 
Red-billed Hombill. 
Buceros erythrorynchus 138 
Purple-headed or Scaly Grakle. 
Lamprotomis ptilonoiynclius . . . • 140 
Golden-cared Grakle. 
lamprotornis chrysonotis. PI. VI. . . . 143 
Blue-eared Grakle. 
Lamprotornis cyanotis . . . . . 146 
Long-tailed Grakle. 
Lamprotornis longicanda . PI. VII. • . . 148 
Chestnut-bodied Grakle. 
Lamprotornis rufiventris 151 
White-bodied Grakle. 
Lamprotornis leucogaster. Plate VIII. * • 152 
FHINGILLID.5B, OB FlNCHES 155 
Crimson Nutcracker. 
Pirenestes sanguineus. Plate IX. . . . 156 
Wliite-billed Nut-cracker. 
Lertroides albirostris ..... 163 
Blue-billed Nut-cracker. 
Spermophaga cyanoryncJtus , . . • 164 
Rufous-necked Weaver. 
Ploceus tejetor ....••% 167 
Round-winged Weaver. 
Ploceus brachyptei'us. Plate X. ... 168 
Yellow-bodied Weaver. 
Sympledes chrysomus . . . , . • 170 
Broad-shafted Whidali-Finch. 
Vidua paradisca. Plate XI. . . . » 172 
Crimson-collared Wliidah. 
Vidua rubriiorques . . ,, . . 174 
