. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae . ill now contain six to twelve Plates and the letter-pressto the species. The Plates will be executed l)y Mr. F. W. Froh.\wk, and colouredby hand. The size is small 4to. The ])rice will be &d. each Part. After a limited numlier (200) have been sold the price will be 14;. the few remaining copies. The author will be very grateful for any further references or noteson the species herein described. The Work can be obtained through all Booksellers, and from theAuthor. PART V. 1889.


. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae . ill now contain six to twelve Plates and the letter-pressto the species. The Plates will be executed l)y Mr. F. W. Froh.\wk, and colouredby hand. The size is small 4to. The ])rice will be &d. each Part. After a limited numlier (200) have been sold the price will be 14;. the few remaining copies. The author will be very grateful for any further references or noteson the species herein described. The Work can be obtained through all Booksellers, and from theAuthor. PART V. 1889. A MONOGEAPH , PLOCEIDiE, AKBOEEAL AND TEEEESTEIAL, FINCHES, ,,,,. ,„•; 1/ 1890 FRINGILLIDJ], -ElD^WJ^AlD BJi^E/TIjETT, Curator of the Maidstone Museum. Ploceus formosana. Munia spectahilis. ^iXaibstone: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 1889 PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE & CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON. ■ i!:rif^*^*>l«fvtmS^&lSg^iSM^^<^ PLOCEUS .y«;r. PLOCEUS SMALL BLACK WEAVER. PLATE I. (Figs. 1, 2). Le Repuhlicain a capuchon ecarlate, Temui. Cat. Cab. Ornith. p. 234, 5 (1807).Ploceus Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 130 (1819); Vieill. Tabl. Encycl. Metli. ii. p. 700 (1823); GrifF. Cuv. Anim. Kingd. ii. p. 134 (1829); Russ, Stubenvogel, p. 304 (1879) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. niger, Swains. Classif. Birds, p. 279 (1837); Swains. Anim. in Menag. p. 306 (1837).PIocciis {Melanopteryx) nigei-rimiis, Reichn. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, p. nigerrimus, Gray et Mitch. Gen. Birds, ii. p. 352 (1849) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 439 (1850) ; Hartl. Journ. fiir Orn. 1854, pp. 106, 411 ; Miiller, Journ. fiir Orn. 1855, p. 461 ; Cassin, Proc. Acad. N. S. Philad. 1856 p. 318, 1859 p. 136 ; Hartl. Ornith. W. Afr. pp. 133, 274 (1857); Heine, Jo


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