. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 57. PLOcEtrs. 487 a. (S ad. sk. Marianne Islaud, Seychelles Paris Museum [P.]. {Lantz). b, c. cS\ f/, e. 2 Marianne Island (Lantz). Shelley Coll. ad. sk. /. Juv. sk. Seychelles, June. Tweeddale CoU. 4. NesacantWs sakalava. Ploceus sakalava, Hartl. Beitr. Faun. Madag. p. 54 (18G1) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1806, p. 423 ; Grand. Bev. et Maq. de Zool. 18 J?, p. 388; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 823 ; Schl. ^- Poll. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. XV (1868) ; Graq, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 4-5, no. 6629 (1870);' Hartl. Vfiff. Madag. p. 201) (1877); Milne-Edw. ^- Oust. Xls, 1887,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 57. PLOcEtrs. 487 a. (S ad. sk. Marianne Islaud, Seychelles Paris Museum [P.]. {Lantz). b, c. cS\ f/, e. 2 Marianne Island (Lantz). Shelley Coll. ad. sk. /. Juv. sk. Seychelles, June. Tweeddale CoU. 4. NesacantWs sakalava. Ploceus sakalava, Hartl. Beitr. Faun. Madag. p. 54 (18G1) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1806, p. 423 ; Grand. Bev. et Maq. de Zool. 18 J?, p. 388; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 823 ; Schl. ^- Poll. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. XV (1868) ; Graq, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 4-5, no. 6629 (1870);' Hartl. Vfiff. Madag. p. 201) (1877); Milne-Edw. ^- Oust. Xls, 1887, p. 15. Ploceus sacalavus, Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. i. p. 162, pi. 5. tig. 2 (1886). Adult male (type of species). General colour above ashy brown with a slight tinge of olive ; wings and tail brown, the feathers edged with ashy brown ; head all round, throat and fore neck and chest lemon-yellow; remainder of under surface pale ashy brown, â with a little yellow on the thighs ; centre of abdomen and under wing-coverts ashy isabelline : " bill pearly grey ; feet rosj'; iris brown ; bare skin round eye rosy " {A. GrandUUer). Total length 5'6 inches, culmen 07, wing 3-25, tail 2-05, tarsus 0"85. Adult female. A little smaller and has a paler plumage; the head has the same coloration as the back, and on each side there are two stripes of a chestnut-red, the one above, the other below tlie eye ; their inferior surface is whitish. Bare skin round the eye greenish. (^Grandidier.) Hub. Madagascar. a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sir A. Smith [C.]. (Type of species.) 57. PLOCEUS. ^^p^ Ploceus, Cue. BhjM An. i. p. 363 (1817) ^⢠Foot of Ploceus bengadensis. ' Range. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, Indo-Chinese countries and Malayan Peninsula to Java and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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