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5. South Africa. 



6. South Africa. 

 4. South Africa. 

 2. Pondoland. 



8. Winterberg District, Cape Colony, 



Jan. (Moorcruft). 

 3 Deelfontein. Cape Colonj', 19th Nov. 



(E. Seimmid S( C. H. B. Grant). 

 2. Deelfontein, 19th Nov. {E. S. ^^ 



a H. B. G.). 



1. Deelfontein, 19th Nov. {E. S. Sf 



C. H. B. G.). 



2. Kurunian, British Bechuanaland, 



19th Dec. 

 2. Kurunian, 19th Dee. 



2. Ondonp^ I, Ovanipo'.aud, Feb. ( C. J. 



Andersson: Tristram OilL). 

 6. Transvaal {T. Aijres : Tristram 



Coll.). 

 G. Johannesburg, Transvaal, Dec. 

 2. Johannesburg, Dec. 

 2. Koodoo's Pooit, Transvaal, 13th 



Jan. (C. B. Horshrugh). 

 1. Euo River, B. C. Africa. 



W. Eadclille Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 

 E. L. Lavard, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. D. S. Par.y-Evans, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 

 Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 

 Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



R. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 



Esqrs. [C.]. 

 R. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 



Esqrs. [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



C. C. Roberts, E.^q. [P.]. 

 C. C. Robert-, Ksq. fP.]. 

 Hon. J. A. Bucknill [P.]. 



A. B. Percival, Esq. [C.]. 



Pyromelana franciscana (Isert). 



(Plato XIV. fig. 3.) 



Euplectes frauciscanus, Ileia/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 571 (1870). 

 Pyromelana franciscana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 23.". (1890) ; 



Renda'd, Ibis, 1892, p. 220 ; Euschel, J. f. O. 189.i, p. 337 ; Nchrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 124 (1899), p. 330 (1910) ; Reich. Voq. Afr. iii. 



p. 122 (1901) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 90 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 415 (1909). 



Eggs of the lled-throatcd Bishop-bird are of a regular oval shape, 

 very glossy, and of a pale blue colour. They measure from -7 to -75 

 in length, and from -5 to -53 in breadth. 



1. Senegambia (Tristram Coll.). 

 3. River Gambia, W. Africa, 



Aug. 

 3. Omdurman, White Nile. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 rth Dr. P. lieudall [P.]. 



Capt. II. N. Dunn [P.]. 



Pyromelana diademata ( F/srAf ;• ij- BeicJienow). 



I 



Pyromelana diadeiuata, SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xiii. p. 236 (1890); 

 id., Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909) ; NehrJc. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 330 (1910). 



An egg said to that of the Tire-fronted Bishop-bird is of rather 

 a wide oval shape and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is pale 

 greenish-white, rather profusely marked over the greater part of 

 the shell with distinct dots of reddish-cb.cstnut and lilac-grey. 



