Definition of "nigrita" [nigrita]

• A genus of African weaver-birds of the family Ploceidæ, established by Strickland in 1842. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Our results were two species of kingfishers (_alcedo_), the third and larger kind not showing; a true curlew (_Numenius arquata_), charming little black swallows (_Wardenia nigrita_), the common English swallow;"
• "96 CHRYSOMELAtenebricofa. no nigrita Punfta in excmplaribus meis non alba fed lutea funt."