182 CAPE, OB YELLOW -RUMPED WEAYEK. 
the latter appear so much lengthened. Authors 
mention that this species is found also on the Coro- 
mandel coast, but this locality wants confirmation. 
The yellow upon the back does not spread over 
the upper tail-covers, while that on the wings oc- 
cupies the shoulder and the lesser covers above and 
beneath ; this tint is remarkably pure and brilliant. 
Total length, 5f ; bill, from the gape, T 7 3 ; from 
the front, the same ; wings, 3 / 5 ; tarsus nearly 1 ; 
tail, from the base, 2 / 5 . 
BLACK-BELLIED WEAVER. 
Eupledes melanogastcr, Swains. 
Pure yellow ; back, wings, and tail, brown ; ears, chin, tliroat, 
and middle of the body beneath, velvet black. 
Black-bellied Grossbeak, Brown's Illus. PI. 24, 2. — Loxia me- 
lanogaster, Latham, Ind. Om. i. 395 Black-beilied Gross- 
beak of authors. 
The only figure which exists of this rare and highly 
elegant species is that given in the “ Illustration" 
of Brown, where it was first described, and whose 
imperfect account has been copied by subsequent 
writers. We take the following description from 
a specimen sent from Senegal, thus fixing the 
locality of the species, and arranging it for the first 
time in its natural genus. 
