318 plooeid.t;. 



Genus UROBHACHYA, Bomqi. 



Urobracliya axillaris (Smith). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Vidua axillaris, Gurnei/, Ihis, 1860, p. 211. 



Penthetria axillaris, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p, 461 

 (1875-84). 



Urobi-acbva axillaris, Butler, FeildenSf- Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 298 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat 'Birds B. M. xiii. p. 224 (1890) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 

 i. p. 1:34 (1900); Reich. Ydq. Afr. iii. p. 129 (1904); SheUexj, Birds 

 Afr. iv. p. 60(1905); Sharpe, Hand-/, v. p. 412 (1909); Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersimml. p. 323 (1910). 



The eggs of the Ked-shouldered Widow-bird are of a regular 

 oval shape and fairly glossy. They are bluish-green, blotched and 

 smeared with various shades of brown and pale lavender-grey. 

 The markings are more or less confluent at the large end and form 

 an irregular cap. They measure from -71 to 'SS in length, and 

 from 'oS to -6 in breadth. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [ C.]. 

 Capt. Savile Reid [P.]. 

 Major R. Sparrow [I'v.]. 

 Major R. Sparrow | E.l. 

 Major R. Sparrow [E.J 



Urobracliya phoenicea {Heugl.). 



Urobrachva pbcenicea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 225 (1890) ; 



Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 338 ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 130 (1904) ; 



Sharpe, Hcind-l. v. p. 413 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 



(1910). 

 Urobrachya axillaris, Kuschel (nee Smith), J.f. 0. 1895, p. 337. 



Two eggs of Heuglin's Fan-tailed Widow-bird referable those of 

 U. axillaris, but are smaller. They measure respectively : "7 by 

 ■52; -74 by -57. 



1. East Africa (Fischer). Crnwley Bequest. 



1. [East Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PYROMELANA, Bomqj. 



Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.). 



Euplectes flammiceps, Fischer S,- Reich. J. f. O. 1878, p. 283. 

 Pyromelana flammiceps, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 337 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 228 (1890) ; Reich. Voc/. Afr. iii. p. 118 (1904) ; 



Shellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 104 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 414 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 (1910). 



Eggs of the Fire-crowned Bishop-bird are of a regular oval form. 



