The ALECTO BUFFALO WEAVER BIRD (_Textor Alecto_) resembles the
last-mentioned species in the colour of its plumage, but is easily
distinguishable from it by the difference in the shape of the beak. Its
feathers are soft and brilliant, some of those under the wings and upon
the sides being occasionally nearly white. The eyes are brown, the beak
yellow, tipped with blue upon its extremity and edges, the feet are of
a dirty grey. Its length is almost the same as that of the species last
described.
[Illustration: DINEMELLI'S BUFFALO WEAVER BIRD (_Textor Dinemellii_).]