348 PLOCEIDJI. 



Genus HETERHYPHANTES, Sharj^e. 



Heterhyphantes melanoxanthus (Cab.). 



Heterhvpliantes lnelano:^:antllns, Shame, Cut. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 416 

 (1890) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p! 38:', (1905) ; Shar2)e, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 467 (1909); Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. p. 336 (1910). 



Syniplectes melanoxanthus, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 334. 



I'loceus melanoxanthus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 43 (1904). 



Two eggs of C'abanis' Black-and-Yellow Weaver-Finch are of 

 a rather long pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. The ground 

 is white, blotched and spotted almost entirely towards the larger 

 end with dull purplish-red and lilac-grey. They measure respec- 

 tively : "83 by "So, and -SO by "So. 



2. Witu, B.E. Africa. Crowley Bei^uest. 



Heterhyphantes nigricoUis (Vieill.). 

 (Plate XIV. figs. 14 & 15.) 



Heterhyphantes nigricollis, Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 415 

 (1890); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 381 (1906); Sharpe, Huud-l. v. 

 p. 467 (1909). 



Symplectes nigricollis (Tieill.), Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 335. 



Ploceus nigricollis, Beich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 44 (1904). 



One egg of Yieillot's Black-and-Yellow Weaver-Finch is of a 

 somewhat elongate oval shape and slightly glossy. The ground- 

 colour is pale greenish-blue, with small and rather blurred spots of 

 reddish-brown and faint violet-grey scattered all over the shell, 

 but rather more numerous towards the larger end. It measures 

 •85 by -58. 



Two eggs collected by Mr. Bates have the ground pinkish-white, 



and are finely freckled all over with small spots and dots of pale 



light red and lilac-grey, the markings being most numerous at the 



larger end. They measure respectively : "83 by "6, and "75 



• by -58. 



1 (from clutch of 3). N'Dallo Tando, Dr. W. J. Ansorge [C.]. 



K. Angola, 21st Dec. 

 2. Ditve, Iviver Ja, Cameroon, 22ad G. L. Bates, Esq. [C.]. 

 May. 



Genus HYPHANTURGUS, Cahank. 



Hyphanturgus ocularius (Smith). 



(Plate XIV. figs. 18, 19,' & 20.) 



Ploceus ocularius, Gurtey, Ibis, 1862, p. 37 ; Beich. J'riy. Afr. iii. p. 46 

 (1904). 



