PLOCEINiE. 
first quill very short, the second equalling the eighth, the third longer than the seventh, and the fourth 
a nd fifth of equal length. Tail moderate, and even or slightly rounded. Tarsi robust and strongly 
scaled. Toes moderate, with the inner toe shorter than the outer, and the claws strong and curved, 
especially that of the hind toe. 
The birds of this division are peculiar to the western and southern portions of Africa. 
8. cristatus Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 42. — Tanagra malembica 
Baud., Ann. du Mus. i. p. 148. t. x. ; Ploceus cristatus Vieill. 
C- S. rubricollis (Swains.). — Malimbus cristatus? Vieill. Ois. 
Chant, pi. 43. 
S. nigerrimus (Vieill.) Ency. Me'th. 700. — Ploceus niger 
Swains, ? 
“h S. nigricollis (Vieill.). — Malimbus nigricollis Vieill. Ois. 
Chant, pi. 4 5 . 
5. S. collaris (Gray), Zool. Misc. 1. p. 6. 
6. S. nitens (Gray), Zool. Misc. 1. p. 7. 
7. S. bicolor (Vieill.) Ency. Meth. 698. - Symplectes chrysomus 
Swains. B. of W. Afr. 1. 170.1 Eupodes xanthosomus Jar el. § 
Selby, 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 10. 
8. S. gregalis (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. No. 284. 
9. S. St. Thomce Hard. Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 109- 
Ploceus Cuv .* 
Bill short, thick at the base, pointed at the tip, laterally compressed ; with the culmen smooth, rounded, 
aT1 d advancing on the forehead in a point ; the lateral margins slightly sinuated and angulated at the 
ba se, and the gonys lengthened and ascending upwards ; the nostrils basal, rounded, and partly hidden 
V the frontal plumes. Wings moderate, with the first quill very short, the second shorter than the 
th ird, the third to the fifth longest, and the tertials nearly the length of the quills. Tail moderate, with 
tfie end even or slightly rounded. Tarsi as long as, or longer than, the middle toe. Toes moderate, 
toe inner toe shorter than the outer ; and the claws long, slender, slightly curved, and compressed. 
Jndia and Africa are the countries of these birds, where they are generally found among the trees near the banks of 
dvers. During the summer they arc very destructive to gardens, feeding on seeds, rice, and small fruits. The sexes 
differ much in colour, the males during the breeding season becoming of rich and bright plumage. Some sccc t 10 iec 
'vhich margin the streams, and other trees that overhang rivers or wells (in India), in order to suspend their cunom y 
w °ven nests. 
C I*, philippinus (Linn.) Cuv. PI. enl. 135. f. 2. — Euplectes 
P ilippensig Swains. 
2 ' P. Saglefecht ( Vieill.) Ency. Meth. 698. — Loxia philippina 
Var - Lath. 
P- bengalcnsis (Linn.) PI. enl. 293. f. 2. — Loxia regina 
• > Euplectes albirostris Swains. 
P. manyar (Horsf.) Linn.. Trans, xiii. 160. — Euplectes 
wiceps Swains. ■ E. striatus Blyth. 
• P. nelicourvi (Scop.) Sonn. Voy. Ind. t. 22. — Loxia pensilis 
E P. luteolus (Licbt.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 23. 
o P. jonquillaceus Vieill. Ency. Meth. 700.; Guer. Iconogr. 
egn - -^n. t. 187. f. 8. 
cg 8 ' ca pensis (Linn.) PI. enl. 101. 659. f. 1. — Icterus flaves- 
s Laud. • Fringilla phalerata III. Licht. 
. P. xanthomelas (Rupp.) Rupp. Faun. Abyss, p. 94. , Syst. 
ers. Vog. Nord-Ost Afr. t. 28. 
0. P. abyssinicus (Gmel.) Cuv., Vieill. Ois. Chant, t. 2 
lgilla ranuneulacea Licht. 
1. P. afer (Gmel.) Brown’s 111. t. 24. f. .— Loxia mela- 
astra Lath. , 
2. P. taha A. Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 7-— Ploceus melano- 
aalus ? Vieill. ; PI. dubius A. Smith. 
3. P. textrix (Gmel.) Licht. Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 24— 
•tor malimbus Temm. ; Ploceus fasciatus Steph. 
4. P. oryx (Linn.) PI. enl. 6. f. 2. 30 9 . f- 2., V.eill. Ois. 
t t 
Tp franciscanus (Isert), Planches enluminees, 134. f. 1. 
Fringilla ignicolor Vieill. Ois. Chant, t. 59-, Ehrenb. Symb. 
, 8 L>« 1, Cuvier (**» M, 1* edit. p. 406.) i. 1817- I. W?* ^ 
wo °tber names were established, viz. Pyromelana of the Prince of Canino an .up 
