j g ( t P I jOCETJS SXJBATJR.EUS. — PLOCEUS OCULARXUS'
(Aves_ Plate 3 ti)
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A ves.— P late XXX. (Fig. 1, Male.)
P. fronte, vertice, capitis lateribus, guttureque vitellinis ; iraclia, cervice, dorso, alarumque tectricibus
minoribus viridi-flavis; caudee tectricibus, pectore, abdomineque luteis ; remigibus brunneo-rubris,
versus basin flavo-marginatis ; rectricibus brunneo-flavis, flavo-marginatis. Rostro livido-brunneo ;
oculis, pedibus, unguibusque cameis.
Longitudo corporis cum capite 4 unc. ; caudse 2 unc. 9 lin.
Ploceus subaureus.—Smith. Proceedings of South African Institution, April, 1832.
CoLoraE-The front, crown, sides of the head, and the throat, bright saffron
yellow ; nape, back and sides of the neck, interscapulars, back and lesser
wing-coverts intermediate between sulphur and gamboge-yellow; upper tail
coverts, breast, belly, and under tail coverts a clear and deep lemon-yellow
(light chrome-yellow); primary quill coverts intermediate between sulphur and
king’s yellow, their tips between oil and honey-yellow ; secondary quill coverts
similar in colour to the tips of the primaries and all margined with king’s yellow.
Quill feathers light brownish red, the outer vanes narrowly edged with king’s
yellow, the inner vanes towards their base, broadly, with primrose-yellow, which
is also the colour of the inner surface of the shoulders. Tail intermediate
between sulphur and honey-yellow, the outer vanes narrowly edged with king’s
yellow, the inner vanes, broadly, with pale primrose-yellow. Bill liver-brown,
the under mandible slightly mottled with reddish brown ; eyes red ; legs, toes
and claws a deep flesh colour, the latter clouded with brown.
F orm, &c.—Typical. Bill very thick and rather short ; culmen strongly
arched. Wings when folded reach over nearly the basal half of the tail, fourth
and fifth quill feathers of the same length and longest, third and sixth slightly
shorter, second rather shorter than the third, first narrow and about one-third