. Cassell's book of birds . unded wings, and slightly rounded tail. THE RED-BEAKED BUFFALO WEAVER Red-beaked Buffalo Weaver Bird (Textor erythrorhynchus) is the species of this groupwith which we are most familiar. This bird is from eight and three-quarter to nine and three-quarter inches in length. Its plumage is black, the front feathers of the upper wing-covers and quillsbeing bordered with white ; the beak is pale red, the foot light brown, and the eye dark brown. PASSERINE BIRDS. *77 THE ALECTO BUFFALO WEAVER BIRD. The Alecto Buffalo Weaver Bird (Textor Alecto) resembles the last
. Cassell's book of birds . unded wings, and slightly rounded tail. THE RED-BEAKED BUFFALO WEAVER Red-beaked Buffalo Weaver Bird (Textor erythrorhynchus) is the species of this groupwith which we are most familiar. This bird is from eight and three-quarter to nine and three-quarter inches in length. Its plumage is black, the front feathers of the upper wing-covers and quillsbeing bordered with white ; the beak is pale red, the foot light brown, and the eye dark brown. PASSERINE BIRDS. *77 THE ALECTO BUFFALO WEAVER BIRD. The Alecto Buffalo Weaver Bird (Textor Alecto) resembles the last-mentioned species inthe colour of its plumage, but is easily distinguishable from it by the difference in the shape of thebeak. Its feathers are soft and brilliant, some of those under the wings and upon the sides beingoccasionally nearly white. The eyes are brown, the beak yellow, tipped with blue upon its extremityand edges, the feet are of a dirty grey. Its length is almost the same as that of the species DINEMELLlS BUFFALO WEAVER BIRD (TexiOT DillCliullii). THE DINEMELLI BUFFALO WEAVER Dinemelli Buffalo Weaver Bird {Textor Dinemelffi), as the third member of this grouphas been called, is a native of Abyssinia. This species is white upon the head and lower portion ofthe body; the mantle, wing and tail covers are chocolate colour, each feather being edged with alighter shade; the shoulders, rump, and tail-covers are marked with small scarlet spots; the bridlesare black, the beak a dirty deep blue, the feet dark blue. The body measures about seven inches,the wing four inches, and the tail two inches. All the foregoing varieties of Weaver Birds resemble each other in their mode of life, and mustcertainly be reckoned as the most remarkable members of their family, for though Finches, the) havemany features in common with the Thrush, and their nests resemble those built by Magpies radier -7> IjS CASSELLS book OF BIRDS. than such as are made by other W
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