328 PLOCEID-E. 



Lag"onosticta ruterrinia, Rticlienow. 



Lagouo^-ticta brunueiceps niberriiua, Reich. Viic/. Afr. iii. p. 198 



(1904). 

 Lagonosticta i-iiberrima, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 429 (1909) ; Oyilme- 



Grant, Trans. Zml. Sue. xix. p. 301 (1910). 



Three eggs of the Equatorial form of the Brown-capped Fire- 

 Finch measure 'ho l)y -44 ; "54 by "45 ; and -53 by •44. 



3. Molda, S.E. RuwHnzovi, 3400 ft., Sabpcribers to the Eiiwenzori 

 10th June (i?. B. Woomam). Exped. [P.]. 



Lagonosticta rufopicta (Fraser). 



Lagoiinsticta rufopicta, Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 70 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 278 (1890); Euschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 339; Reich. 

 Vog. Afr. iii. p. 198 (1901) ; Shellei), Birch Afr. iv. p. 2J2 

 (1905) ;" Sharpe, Hund-l. v. p. 430 (1909). 



An egg of the Bar-breasted Fire-Finch measures 'Gl by •45. 



1. Lado, River Nile {Xehrkom Cull). Crowley Bequest. 



Lagonosticta rubricata {LU-ht.}. 



Lagonosticta rubricata, Sharjyn, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 281 (1890) ; 

 Starl-, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 92 (1900); Reich. Vog. Afi: iii. 

 p. 199 (1904): S'hellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 254 (1905); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p 430 (1909). 



Eggs of the South African E.nddy Fire-Finch are of a broad oval 

 form. They varj- in length from '58 to •G, and in breadth from 

 •46 to •47. 



5. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Dec. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Blaauw Krantz, Jan. (O. Palmer ). B E. Jupp, Esq. [C.J. 



Genus STICTOSPIZA, S7ia>-pe. 



Stictospiza formosa (Lath.). 



IStictospiza formosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xiii. p. 287 (1890) ; 

 Oates, Fauna Brit, huh, Birds, ii. p. 191 (1890); id., ed. Hume, 

 JS'esfs i,- Eiigs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 145 tl890) ; Sharj>e, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 432 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 331 (1910). 



The eggs of the Green Munia are of a long, pointed oval eliape, 

 plain white, and measure from •Gl to •~ in length, and from -45 

 to '45 in breadth. 



11. Bundari District, C. Piovs., L.dia, Hume Coll. 

 17th Julv {F. R. Blewitt). 



