PLO CETJS SP ILONOTUS . Pig/L Made.
P L 0 CPUS CA PEN S IS .-__ Pig.2,.'Male.
(A.ves—Pla.te §6.)
A ves.— P late LX VI.— Fig. 1.—M a l e .
P. capite supra, cervicis lateribus antick, corporeque subtus aurantio-flavis; gula, jugulo, dorsoque
summo nigris, hoc flavo-maculato; remigibus fuscis extern^ flavo-marginatis; rectricibus olivaceis,
flavo-marginatis; rostro nigro, brunn^o-nebulato; oculis rubris; pedibus cameis, brunneo-tinctis..
Longitudo corporis cum capite 4 unc. 5 lin.; caudee 2 unc. 7 lin.
Ploceus spilonotus.— Vigors, Proceedings of Zoological Society, p. 92, June, 1831.
P loceus stictonotus.—Smith, South African Quarterly Journal, No. 5, p. 11, Oct. 1831.
P loceus flayiceps.—Swainson, Birds of Western Africa, yol. viii. of Naturalist’s Library, by Sir
William Jardine, p. 259. 1837.
C olour.—The upper parts of the head gamboge-yellow slightly glossed
with honey-yellow ; the sides of the head, the chin, and a narrow line
stretching from the latter to the breast, dark liver brown verging on black ;
the sides of the neck immediately behind the ear coverts, the breast, the
belly, the vent, and the under tail coverts light gamboge-yellow, the lateral
parts of the breast tinted with salfron-yellow. The lower part of the back
and sides of neck, the interscapulars,; and the back, liver-brown, each
feather broadly tipt with lemon-yellow ; rump yellow, blotched with liver-
brown. Lesser wing coverts, primary and secondary quill coverts and quill
feathers light chocolate-brown, the primaries and their coverts edged
externally with king’s-yellow, the others tipt and edged on both vanes with
the same colour. Tail light greenish brown, the feathers faintly margined
externally with king’s-yellow, and internally with primrose-yellow. Bill
brownish black. Eyes deep vermilion-red. Feet flesh-coloured, tinted with
brown ; claws a pale horn-colour.
F orm, &c.— Typical. Figure rather robust. Head narrow; bill long,
pointed, moderately thick, and nearly straight. Wings rounded, and when
folded reach to the commencement of the second third of the ta il; the first