. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 252 PLOCEID^. horn-colour, greenish towards the base ; feet flesh-colour; iris red " (G. A. Fisclier). Total length 5 inches, culmeii 0-6, wing 2-6, tail I'S, tarsiis 0"7. Adult male. Similar in plumage to the female. Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2'7, tail 1*9, tarsus 0'7. Hah. Kilimanjaro district to the East Coast. a, h. S; c. 9. ad. sk. Kilimanjaro, F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.]. March 14, 1887. 12. PYRENESTES. Type. Pyrenestes, Sirauis. B. W. Afr. i. p. 1-j6 (1837) P. Bill of Pyrenestes ostrinus, to show tooth in
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 252 PLOCEID^. horn-colour, greenish towards the base ; feet flesh-colour; iris red " (G. A. Fisclier). Total length 5 inches, culmeii 0-6, wing 2-6, tail I'S, tarsiis 0"7. Adult male. Similar in plumage to the female. Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2'7, tail 1*9, tarsus 0'7. Hah. Kilimanjaro district to the East Coast. a, h. S; c. 9. ad. sk. Kilimanjaro, F. J. Jackson, Esq. [P.]. March 14, 1887. 12. PYRENESTES. Type. Pyrenestes, Sirauis. B. W. Afr. i. p. 1-j6 (1837) P. Bill of Pyrenestes ostrinus, to show tooth in toiaium. Range. Confined to AVest Africa. 1. Pyrenestes ostrinus. Loxia ostrina, Vieill. Ot's. Chant, p. 79, pi. 48 (1805). Coccothraustes ostrinus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xLii. p. 548 (1817). Pyrenestes sanguineus. Steams. B. W. Afr. p. 156, pi. 9 (1837). Pyrenestes ostrinus, Gray., Gen. B. ii. p. 356 (1844); Bp. Consp. i. p. 450 (1850) ; Hartl. Orn. p. 139 (1857) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 49, no. 6G78 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 68 (1871); Forhes, Ibis, 1883, p. 526 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 549 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 314 (pt.). Adult male. General colour above velvety black, from the hind neck to the rump ; scapulars like the back; rump and upper tail- coverts bright crimson ; wing-coverts and quills brownish black : tail- feathers entirely dark crimson, the rest blackish, externally dark crimson; a narrow line of black along the base of the forehead ; crown of head and hind neck, lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, sides of neck, fore neck, and chest bright crimson ; breast and abdomen velvety black ; sides of body bright crimson like the throat; thighs and under tail-coverts black ; under wing- coverts and asillaries black ; quills below dusky, more ashy along the inner edge : " bill blue-black, culmen greyish blue at the base ; eyelids black, with pale blue median spot on each ; feet dark horny ; iris chestnut-brown" (W. A. Forhes
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