DlATROriTKA. — COLIOSTRTJTHFS. lUT 



iind somewhat gloss)-. Tlie p;round-colonr is pale oreenish--\vliite, 

 Bpottcd and blotched all over with olive-brown, or brown and grej-, 

 8oiiH'tiracs forming a zone or cap at the larger end. In &01110 

 specimens the markings are smaller and less numerous and much 

 of the ground-colour is visible. Others are very heavily marked. 

 'J'iicy vary in length from '81 to -88, and in breadth from '02 

 to -05. 



3. Transvaal (T. Ayres : Tiidvani Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. Johannesburg, 12th Dee. 0. C. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Doojiikop, Orange Eiver CoIodt, Major l\. Sfarrow [E,]. 



l^jjth Nov. 



3. Mooi Kiver, Natal, Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



1. Estcourt, Natal, nth Jan. G. .\. K. Marshall, Ei^q. \V.\ 



1. Freie, Griqualaud East, 25th Dec. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. [I'.]. 



Genus COLIOSTRUTHUS. Sundev. 



Coliostinithus ardens {Bodd.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Vidua rubritorques, Gurney, Ibis, 18G0, p. 211. 



Vidua ardens, S/nvpe, ed. Laiiavd, Birds 8. Africa, p. 455 (1875-84) : 



f It. B. ^- I. D. S. Woodicard, Ibis, 1897, p. 410. 

 Penthetria ardens, SJiaipe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 215 (18^0). 

 Goliopasser ardens, Stark, Fataia S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 142 (1900) ; Siiarroic. 



J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Ellemon, t. c. p. 18, pi. iii. ; 



Bucknill ^- Gronvold, t. c. ii. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 (1906). 

 Coliuspasser ardens, Beich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 135 (1904) ; Slielleij, Birds 



Afr. iv. p. 40 (1905). 

 Coliostruthus ardens, Sharpe. Hand-l. y. p. 410 (1900); Nehrh. Kat 



Eiersaviml p. 329 (1910). 



Eggs of the Red-collared Widow-bird are of a regular oval shape 

 and distinctly glossy. They are bluish-gieen, finely spotted and 

 mottled, especially towards the larger end, with pale umber-browu 

 and lavender-grey. In some specimens the markings are somewhat 

 larger and form small blotches. They vary from "72 to -76 in 

 length, and from •54 to "oS iu breadth. 



The little white-speckled eggs attributed to this species by 

 Messrs. Woodward have no doubt been incorrectly identified {i.e.). 



3. Willow Grange, Natal, 30th Dec. jNIajor R. Sparrow [E.]. 



2. Highlands, Natal, 23rd Dec. Major R. Sparrow fE.]. 



2. Kareign, Cape Colony, Nov. (7?. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.l. 

 E. J.]. 



2. lilaauwKranlz, Cape Colony, Nov. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.l. 



(i. Palmer). 



3. Blaauw Krautz, Dec. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (Z. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. IC.]. 

 2. Blaauw Krantz, Jan. {L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



