322 TLOCEIDJJ. 



flistribiitcd OTcr the -whole shell. Tlicy measure from '7 to '71 

 ill length, and from •■18 to '57 in breadth. 



1. Ondonga, Ovampoland, Feh. (C. t7! Crowley Bequest. 



jtndersson : Tristram Coll.). 



2. Lindley, Orange lliver Colony, Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



28tli Dec. 



3. Doornliop, 0. E. C, 27th Nov. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 

 3. Koodoo's Poort, Transvaal, 13th Hon. J. A. Bucknill [P.]. 



Jan. [C. B. JlorsbnigJi). 



Pyromelana afra (Gmeh). 



Pyromelana afra. Shavpe, Cat. Binls B. M. xiii. p. 241 (1890) ; Kuscliel, 

 J. f. O. 1895, p. 337; Reich. Voff. Afr. iii. p. 116 (1904): Sharpe, 

 Hcmd-l. V. p. 417 (1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 330 (1^10)- 



Three eggs of the Yellow- crowned Bishop-bird are of a slightly 

 pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. They are uniform pale 

 blue, and much resemble those of P.Jlammiceps and other allied forms 

 which lay uniform or nearly uniform blue eggs. They measure 

 respectively: -67 by -49 ; -65 by -49 ; -62 by -48. 



1. [West Africa.] Crowley Bequest, 



2. Gaboon River [Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PLOCEIPASSER, Smith. 



Ploceipasser mahali, Smith, 



(Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 



Plocepasser mahali, Gur?2ei/, in Andersson's Birds Damaral. p. 166 



(1872); BiicklMj, Ibis,' 187-i, p. 380; Shellei/, Ibis, 1882, p. 3ol ; 



Sharpe, ed. Lnyard, Birds S. Africa, p. 447 (187o-84); Kiischel, 



J. f. 0. 1895, p. 33o; Reich. VSq. Afr. iii. p. 11 (1904); Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. iv. p. 325 (1905). 



Ploceipasser mahali. Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 83 (1900) ; 

 Shar2)e, Hand-l. v. p. 417 (1909). 



An egg of the White-browed Weaver-bird is of a rather long 

 and slightly pointed oval shape, and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white suffused with ]>ink, and faintly mottled with pinkish-grey. 

 It measures "92 by -(Jo — a measurement which appears to be 

 unusually small. Stark gives I'D by 0'72. 



1. Kruger's Drift, Modder River, Hon. J. A. Bufkuill [P.]. 

 O. R. C, 2ud Oct. {C. B. 

 Hoisbrugh). 



Genus PHILiETERUS, Smith. 

 Philseterus socius {Lath.). 



Philetaerus socius, Andcrss. Birds Damaral. p. 167 (1872) ; Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 3.35 : Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 115 (1900). 



Philoetferus socius, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 449 (1875-84). 



I'liilffiterus socius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 249 (1890) ; id., 

 ira/;o'-/. v. p. 419(1909). 



