vidimus (vidimus)

[So called from this word indorsed on the papers: L. vidimus, 'we have seen,' 1st pers. pl. perf. ind. of videre, see: see vision.] 1. An examination or inspection: as, a vidimus of accounts or documents.-2. An abstract or syllabus of the contents of a document, book, or the like. vidonia (vi-do'ni-ä), n. [Cf. Pg. vidonho, a vine-branch (cf. videira, a vine), Principal Whidah-bird (Vidua principal is ), male. Viduinæ ; the veuves, widow-birds, or whidah-birds. No type having been originally indicated, the name is practically conterminous with Viduinæ in a narrow sense, and has been variously restricted by different writers, notably to V. principal is and V. ( Videstrelda ) regia . The former of these has in the male the four middle tail- con feathers immensely lengthened and wide throughout their length (not wire-shafted). It was originally described (and figured) by Edwards in 1760 as the long - tailed sparrow, by Bri on in the same year as la veuve d'Angola, by Linnæus in 1766 as Emberiza vidua, E. principal is, and E. serena, by Latham in 1783 as the long -tailed, variegated, and Domin ican bunting, and by Cuvier in 1817 as Vidua principal is. The male is 10 inches long, of which length the ample middle tail-feathers make two thirds or more, the rest of the tail being scarcely 2 inches, and the wing being only 3; the color is black and white, chiefly ma ed in large areas, and varied with some buff and gray. The female lacks the extraordinary development of the tail, being scarcely 5 inches long, and is also quite different in color from the male. This bird is widely distributed in Africa. A sec ond species is V. hyp ocher in a (or splendens ) of the Zanzibar district. For V. regia, see Videstrelda; and for other forms, see Viduinæ.