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Estrilda vinacea {Ilartl.). 



Lafronosticta vinacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 286 (1890). 

 Estrilda vinacen, Reich. Voi/. Afr. iii. p. 191 (1904); Shelley, Birds 

 Afr. iv. p. 224 (1905) ; IShurpe, Uand-l. v. p. 455 (1909). 



An egg of the Vinaccous Waxbill is of a narrow oval form, 

 ■without gloss, and plain white. It measures -65 by •45. 



1. Laid in coufiuement. Mrs. F. Villiers [I'.]. 



Genus UR^GINTHUS, Cahanis. 



The ejrgs of all the members of this genus are oval in shape, 

 pure -white, and -without gloss. 



Uraeginthus phcenicotis, Swainson. 



Urseginthus phanicotis, Ileugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 619 fl871); Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 839; Sharpe, Hcmd-l.' \. p. 450 (1909); ^'ehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 335 (1910). 



Estrilda phrenicotis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 400 (1890). 



Uraeginthus beugalus {Linn.), Beich. Voi/. Afr. iii. p. 207 (1904) ; 

 Shellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 180 (1905). 



Eggs of the liuby-cheeked Cordon-bleu vary in length from 

 •57 to '65, and in breadth from -4 to "43. 



The eggs from Witu are smaller and the majority are unusually 

 rounded. They measure about '48 by "41. 



3. Laid in confinement. Mrs. F. Villiers [P.]. 



2. Laid in continenient (Co/oHc/i-'i'?(/«?/). Crowlev Bequest. 



1. Elgevu, B.E. Africa, llth July." F. J. Jackson, E.sq. [C.l. 



8. \\itii, B.E. Africa, lOtb iMay. F. J, Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



Ursegintlius angolensis {Linn.). 



Estrilda angolensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xiii. p. 402 (1890) ; Starl; 



Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 102 (1900) ; S^/moiids, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. 



ii. p. 28 (1906); Neaie (wee Beichenotc, 1902), Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc. 

 : Manchester, li. no. 10, p. 95 (1907). 



TJrjegiuthus bengalus angolensis, lieich. Voff. Afr. iii. p. 209 (190-1). 

 Urseginthus angolensis, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 182 (1905) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 457 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Angola Cordon-bleu measure respectively: 

 •6 by -42, and -57 by -4. 



1. Petanke, N.E. Bhnde>ia,2nd March. S. A. Xeave, E>q. T.]. 



1. East Coast of Xatal. 26th Nov. G. .\. K. Marshall; Esq. [R]. 



