OKTYGOSriZA. LACiOXOSTICT.V . 



Ortygospiza atricollis ( Vieill.). 



Ortvgospiza atvicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 270 (1890) ; 

 'Reich. Voq. A/r. iii. p. 202 (1904); Siie/laj, BircU Afr. iv, p. 153 

 (lOOo) ; iihnrpe, Hand-l. v. p. 427 (1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 331 (1910). 



An egg of Vieillot's Bar-breasted ilannakia measures '5 by '44. 



1. West Africa {Nehrkoni Coll.). Crowley Berj[^ue9t. 



Genus 'B.l'Sk.'RQtJJS, lieichenb. 

 I Hypargiis margaritatus (Strickl.). 



Lagnnosticta margaritata, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 275 (1890) ; 



lieich. Voi/. Afr. iii. p. 158 (1904). 

 Ilypargos margaritatus, Sfielleij, Birds Afr. iv. p. 240 (1905). 

 llvpargus margaritatus, C. Grunt, Bull. B. 0. C. x.xi. p. GO (1908) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. V. p. 428 (1909). 



An egg saiil to be that of Strickland's Twin-spot is of a regular 

 oval shape and pure white. It measures "oS by -44. 



1. [S.E. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LAGONOSTICTA, Cah. 



Eggs of the various species of Fire-Finch are of a regular oval 

 shape, pure white and somewhat glossy. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps, Shar^e. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 277 (1890) ; 



Stark, Fauna S. Afr. Birds, i. p. 94 (1900) ; Reich. Viir/. Afr. iii. 



p. 196 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 258 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v. p. 429 (1909); ^ehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 331 (19J0). 

 Lagonosticta minima, Heugl. {nee Vieill.) Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 612 



(1870) ; Euschel, J.f U. 1895, p. 339. 



Eggs of the Erown-cappcd Fire-Finch, also called the Little 

 lluddy Waxbill, viry from -57 to '6 in length, and from -43 to -45 

 in breadtli. 



4. Ilarrav, S. Abyssinia, June. Mr. P. Znpbiro [C.]. 



2. Ondonga, Ovampoland, 29th Mar. Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. J. Andersson : Tristram Cull.). 



