ROUND-WINGED WEAVER. 
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sinuated, accord with. Ploceus, and shows that the 
nature of its food is more in unison with the latter 
than with the former of these divisions. The first 
or spurious quill, also, is not nearly so much deve- 
loped as in Symplectes , for it is little more than one- 
third the length of the second ; this latter, and the 
third, are graduated, so that the fourth becomes the 
longest ; the tail is slightly rounded, and the inner 
toe rather shorter than the outer. 
"We fortunately possess both the sexes. In the 
male the whole of the head, ears, and sides of the 
neck, are of a deep yellowish buff, or dull orange ; 
the chin and front of the neck being covered by a 
black patch ; the breast is deep yellow verging to 
buff ; the remaining under parts paler, but of a clear 
yellow. In both sexes there is a black stripe through 
the eye, beginning at the nostrils and ending above 
the ears ; the upper plumage, from the nape to the 
tail, is yellow-olive ; the wings and tail being inter- 
nally light brown. The female differs in having 
the head of the same colour as the back, the under 
parts entirely yellow, and the ears only tinged with 
buff; bill black; legs pale. 
It may here be remarked that the genus Malim- 
bus of Vieillot belongs to that of Ploceus, as it now 
stands ; we even suspect it is the true typical form. 
Total length 6| ; bill, T T g ; wings, 3^ ; tail be- 
yond, l/ 5 ; tarsus, 
