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CRIMSON-CROWNED WEAVER. 
Euplectes flammiceps , Swains. 
PLATE XIII. 
Crimson; ears, sides of the head, chin and body beneath, 
velvet-black ; crown, red ; wings and tail, blackish. 
We can find no account of this rare and apparently 
new species. It is almost as beautiful as the last, 
and long has been in our museum as a reputed native 
of Senegal. We have no doubt of such being the 
fact, because the skin is prepared in precisely the 
same manner (which is altogether peculiar) as those 
we have recently received from that country. 
A glance at the specific description will at once 
show in what manner this species differs from E. 
ignicolor , although both are coloured with the same 
tints. The black on the sides of the head and ears 
does not, as on the last, extend to the front, hut 
envelopes the chin ; this latter part in E. ignicolor 
being scarlet. The wings also, and their covers, 
both above and beneath, are entirely black ; while 
the tail, which is nearly even, is also black and is 
fully one inch longer than the covers. In both 
species the black on the under parts of the body are 
the same, but the thighs and the basal half of the 
