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fuscis; tarsis cseruleo-purpurescentibus. Inter sexus hand 
coloris diversitas. 
Long. tot. unc. ; rostri, alai^ 2 -^-^; caudso^ 
tarsi, 
Habitat. Fernando Po, West Africa. 
“ Found among the branches of the naked trees in June, 
sometimes in pairs; they are short and thick in form, the 
feathering being of a downy nature. Its note is short. 
“This bird differs from Jardine and Selby’s FlatyrhynchuB 
.Desmaresii% in haying the chesnut back and wings, and the short 
black tail. 
Platysteira leimpygioXis, (Fraser, in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 
Oct., 1842.) 
Platys. (mas) capite, geuis, collo, dorso, alls, caiida et vitta 
lata pectorali, sic et feinoribiis e cmruleo nigris, uropygio, gula 
et abdomine albis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, aim, 2/^; caudm, tarsi, 
Habitat. Fernando Po, Western Africa. 
“Fleshy appendages round the eye, red; irides, red hazel; 
bill black; legs purplish. This bird differs from Jardine and 
Selby’s PlatyrJiy7ichus collaris, in having a white rump ; the 
wings entirely black ; the band across the chest much broader, 
and the fleshy appendages round the eyes red. 
Family. Conirostres. 
Genus. FHngilla, 
Plocem collaris. (Fraser, in Proc. Zool. Soo. Loud., Oct., 1842.) 
Ploc. vertice, capitis lateribus, et mento, nigris, torque collari 
lato, castaneo; rostro nigro, tarsisfuscescentibus, reliquispartibus 
aurantiaco, olivaceo et fuscesceute variegatis, fere ut in Ploceo 
teoctore. (Sw'ains.) 
Long. tot. 7^ unc.; rostri, 1^^^; aim, 4; caudm, 
tarsis, 1^. 
Habitat. Island St. Thomas, West Africa. 
“This bird differs from P. textor, in being of a greater size; 
in having the chesnut collar encircling the neck, and the general 
colouring of the body being less vivid. 
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