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somctimca sHj^litly pointod at tlie cuds, and distinctly glossy. They 

 are pale blue or greeiiisli-blue and generally uniform, but occa- 

 sionally there arc a few minute dots of black scattered over the 

 shell. They vary from '69 to -75 in length, and from '52 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



1. Abutja, Niger River, Sept. E. Kemp, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Gaboon ( T/'Mfrani Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Bitye, near Ja River, Cameroon, G. L. J3ates, Esq. [C.]. 



];5th Nov 



2. "\^"itu, B. E. Africa. Crowlev Bequest. 



4. AVitu, Mav. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.l. 



11. Ruo River, B. C. Africa. A. B. Percival, Esq. [C.]. 



Pyromelana nigriventer (Cassin). 



Pyromelana nigriventris, Fisc/ier, J. f. O. 1877, p. 171 ; Sharpe, Caf. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 230 ( 1890J ; Kuschel, J.f. 0. 1895, p. 337 ; Reich. 



Voff. Afr. iii. p. 125 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 89 (1905). 

 Pvromelana nigriventer, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 414 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kut. 



Eiersmninl. p. 330 (lOlOj. 



Four eggs of the Black-bellied Bishop-bird are of an ovul or 

 sonieAvhat pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. The ground- 

 colour is pale greenish-blue. Two examples are sparingly marked 

 with scattered dots of lavender-grey and darker grey ; the other 

 two are plain. They measure respectively : -60 by "48 ; -Go by '48 ; 

 •U4 by -5 ; -64 by -49. 



2. Witu, B. E. Africa Crowley Bequest. 



2. Witu. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyrcmelana orix {Linn.). 



Fringilla orvx, TMen. Fori pjliin:: . ijes. Tmj. p. 432, tab. XAXvi. fig. 9 



(1845-54). 

 Euplectes sundevalli. Gurnet/, Ihis, 1808, p. 465. 

 Euplectes oryx, Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 381. 

 Pyromelana orvx, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S.Africa, p. 402 (1875-84); 



id., Cat. Birds B. 31. xiii. p. 230 (1890); Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, 



p. 337 : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 124 (1»99) ; Stark, Fauna 



S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 126 (1900) ; Duncan, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 57 



(1900). 

 Pyromelana orix, 7iV/c7i. Voy.Afr. iii. p. 120 (1904) : Shelley, Birds Afr. 



iv. p. 95 (1905); Sharpe,' Hand-l. x. p. 414 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 330 (1910). 



The eggs of the Hed Bishop-bird arc chiefly of a blunt oval form. 

 They are greenish-blue and have a considerable amount of gloss. 

 Some specimens exhibit a few very faint bro^\ n lines or specks. 

 They vary greatly in size, the largest in the series measuring 

 •83 by -59, and the smallest -63 by -5. 



4. South Africa {E. L. Layard : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 8. South Africa. Gould Coll. 



