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riiiletaiius sooiiis, Reich. Voq. Afr. iii. p. i!42 (lUOi); Shdley, Birds 

 Afr. iv. p. 130 (190.J). 



Two e,2;2:8 of the Sociable Weaver-bird are of a broad oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. They are of a very pale yellowish-white colour, 

 densely speckled and mottled all over wilh purplish-grey. They 

 measure respectively : '78 by 'G2 ■ '8 by -92. 



Another e^g, also referred to this species, is pale bluish-grcon 

 sparingly spotted Avith distinct spots and dots of dark broAvn and 

 purplish-grey. It measures about -77 by -50. The description 

 given in Sharpe's edition of Layard seems to refer to an egg of 

 this type. 



2. Ondonga, Ovampoland (C. ./. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Kalahari Desert (/. J. Weir). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PSEUDONIGEITA, lieichenow. 



Pseudouigrita arnaudi (Bonap.). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 8.) 



Nigrita arnaudi, Heut/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 541 (1871) ; Fischer, Zeit. 



qes. Or7i. i. p. 329 (1884); Hart/. J. f. O. 18S7, p. 310; Kuschel, 



>./. O. 1895, p. 3;36. 

 Philretenis arnaudi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 250 (1890). 

 Pseudouigrita arnaudi, Reich. Vd(j. Afr. iii. p. 171 (1904) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. 



v. p. 421 (1909). 

 Philetairus aruaudi, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 132 (1905). 



An egg of Arnaud's Social Weaver is of a regular oval shape and 

 devoid of gloss. It is white with small spots and dots of yellowish- 

 umber scattered all over the shell, but most numerous towards the 

 larger end. It measures '77 by 'ol. 



1. Machakos, B. K Africa, 4th April. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus PYRENESTES, Swains. 

 Pyrenestes ostrinns ( VieilL). 



Pyrenestes ostrinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 252 (1890); 

 Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 336; Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 100 (1904) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 284 (1905); Sharpe, Haiul-l. v. p. 422 

 (1909; ; I-iehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 330 (1910). 



Four eggs of Tieillot's Kuotch-billed Weaver are of a rather 

 short oval shape, pure white and without gloss. Tney measure 

 respectively : -68 by 'SS ; -68 by -55 ; 08 by -52 ; and -67 by -53. 



Eggs of this species have been described by Nehrkorn and others 

 as yellowish-white or salmon-colour, with underlying yellowish- 

 brown marks and clear reddish-brown spots. 



There is no reason to doubt the coriv ctness of ^Ir. Kemp's identi- 

 fication, and probably those described by Nehrkorn liave been 

 wrongly referred to this species. 



4. Abutja, R. Niger, Sept. I{. Kemp, Esq. [C.]. 



