214 FRTNGILLTD.q:;. 



Serimis sulphuratus {Linn.). 

 (riate X. fig. 13.) 



Critliap-ra sulpluuata, Sharpc, ed. Layai'd, Birds S. Africa, p. 486 



(1870-84'. 

 Seriinis sulphuratus, Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 352 (1888) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 110 (189!)) ; Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 1 69 



(1900) ; Shdley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 204 (1902) ; Beichenotv, VSg. Afr. 



iii. p. 265 (1904) ; Shar2)e, Hand-l. v. p. 257 (1908). 



Eggs of the Large Yellow Seed-eater are of a pointed oval shape 

 and possess but little gloss. They are white or white tinged with 

 blue, speckled, spotted, and sometimes streaked at the broad end 

 M'ith deep chocolate-brown. One example has, in addition, some 

 lilac specks. They measure from '7 to '8 in length, and from -49 

 to •55 in breadth. 



3. South Africa. E L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Cape Colony ( T. Atmore : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



trarn Coll.). 

 1. Cape Colouy (E. L. Laijnrd : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Serinus flaviventris {Swains). 



Seriims flaviventris, 8harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 353 (1888) ; Kehrh. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 110 (1899 ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. 

 p. 170 (1900) : Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 199 (1902) ; Beickmou; 

 Tikj. Afr. iii. p. 267 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 258 (1908). 



Four eggs of the Yellow-bellied Seed-eater are of a rather blunt 

 oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are bluish-white, more or 

 less sparingly marked round the larger end with spots, streaks, aud 

 hair-lines of deep chocolate-brown. They measvire from -67 to -68 

 in length, and from '50 to -53 in breadth. 



4. Deelf ontein. Cape Colony, 4th Nov. Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 

 {E. Seinmnd). 



Serinus marshalli, Shellei/. 

 (Plate X. fig. 20.) 



Serinus marshalli, SlfHey, Birds Afr iii. p. 200 (1902) ; Sharpe. Hand-l. 

 V. p. 258 (190b;. 



Four eggs of Marshall's Canary are of a rather narrow ])ointed 

 oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are pale greenish-white, 

 marked round the larger eud with spots and streaks of deep choco- 

 late-brown and underlying smudges of reddish-lilac. They measure 

 from '71 to -72 in length, and from '49 to '50 in breadth. 



4. Kurumau, Bechuaualand. 27th Feb. K. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 



