taha (ta ha)

[African.] 1. An African weaver-bird of the family Ploceidæ, Pyromelana taha (originally Euplectes taha of Sir A. Smith, then Ploceus taha of G. R. Gray). The male is mostly yellow and black, and 4 inches long; the female is smaller, and quite different in color. This bird is found Taha ( Pyromelana taha). in the interior of southeastern Africa. Its name appears to be shared by some other weavers, and is applied by some compilers to the rufous-necked weaver, commonly called Hyp hant ornis text or (G. R. Gray), after Ploceus tex tor of Vieillot, 1819, though its onym is H. cucullatus, after Oriolus cucullatus of Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, 1776, as first indicated by John Ca in in 1864. 2. [ cap.] [NL. (Reichenbach, 1861).] A ge nus of such weaver-birds, not different from Pyromelana . Tahitian (tä-hēʼti-an), a. and n. [ habiting Tahiti, the largest of the Society Isl ands in the South Pacific, now belonging to France. Also Otaheitan. II. n. One of the native inhabitants of Tahiti, who constitute a typical branch of the Polynesian race. Tahiti chestnut. See chestnut.