210 FRrXGILUD.Ti:. 



'Tifiistinct cap. Five examples measure from -8 to '84 in length, 

 and from "6 to "64 in breadth. 



5. Algeria {Loche). Seebohm Coll. 



Passer swainsoni {Ru[yp.). 



rasserswainsoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds D. 31. xii. p. 334 (1888) ; Re.ichenow, 



VHr;. Afr. iii. p. 228 (1904) ; Sharpe, Band-l. v. p. 2-'i2 (1908). 

 Pass-v diffuses, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 251 (1902) [part.]. 



Five eggs of Swainson's Sparrow resemble sume of those of 

 P. domesticns. They measure from '79 to -8 in length, and from 

 •58 to -62 in breadth. 



]. '^ .'E. Ai\\c&, [Nehrkorn Coll.'). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Ilarar, S. Abyssinia, 16th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [C.]. 



Genus ALARIO, Bonap. 



Alario alario {Linn.). 



(Plate X. fig. 15.) 



Alario alarin, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 346 (1888); Stark, 

 Famia S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 179 (1900) ; Beichenow, Voy. Afr. iii. 

 p. 246 (1904) [part.] ; Sharpe, Band-l. v. p. 253 (1908). 



Serious alario, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 213 (1902). 



Eight eggs of the Mountain Canary vary in shape from a broad 

 to a somewhat pointed oval and are almost devoid of gloss. They 

 are white or pale bluish- white with small scattered spots, scrolls, 

 and streaks of chocolate-brown and reddish-lilac, these markings 

 being almost entirely confined to the larger end. They mea.sure 

 from -61 to -66 in length, and from -46 to -48 in breadth. 



8. Pondoland, S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Alario leiicolaema, Sharpe. 



Alarin leucola?ma, Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xiii. no. xcix. p. 80 (1903) ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 253 (1908). 



Five eggs of the Western Mountain Canary are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. They are much like those 

 of A. alario but larger, and the markings are of a deep chocolate- 

 brown. In one specimen most of the markings take the form of 

 fine interlaced lines and tracings, forming a zone round the larger 

 end. They vary from '68 to '78 in length, and from '45 to -54 in 

 breadth. 



5. Namaqualand, S.W. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



