UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BULLETIN 223 



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Eggs of Pin-Tailed and Shaft-Tailed Widow Bird 

 Upper: (Top) Set of four eggs of the common waxbill, Eslrilda astrild, with one of tlie pin- 

 tailed widowbird; (bottom) set of five eggs of the bronze mannikin, Spermestes cucullatus, 

 with one of the pin-tailed widow bird; all in U.S. National Museum. Lower: Nest of 

 longtail, Prinia flavicans, with three eggs of its own and one of the shaft-tailed widow 

 bird, Moordrift, Transvaal, January 1, 1925; photo by author. ' 



