350 ru)Cv.iJ)M. 



Xanthopliiliis aur.intius, S/ie/k;/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 472 (1905). 

 Ilyplicanturgus auvantius, S/iarpe, Iland-l. v. p. 468 (1909) ; KihrJc.Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Ten eggs of the Orange Weaver-Finch taken hy Mr. Jackson at 

 Entebhe are of a rather long oval shape and without gloss. They 

 present two different typos of coloration. In one clutih the ground 

 is pale blue, rather thickly marked all over with spots and small 

 blotches of dull purplish and lilac. In the other four clutches the 

 ground, which is mostly obscured, varies from pale greenish-buff 

 to grejish, and is more or less densely clouded or blotched and 

 spotted with purplish or dull chestnut and lilac. Some have the 

 markings more or less clearly defined, in others they are suffused. 

 Thev vary in length from -85 to -9, and in width from -55 to 'SD. 



Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



Entebbe, 13th Jan. F.' J. Jackson, Esq. [C]. 



Entebbe, 13tb Jan. E. J. Jackson, Esq. [C. '. 



J^ntebbe, 6th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C], 



Entebbe, 24th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus MELANOPTERYX, Reichenow. 

 Melanopteryx nigerrima ( Vieill.). 



Melanopteryx nigerrima, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xiii. p. 476 (1890) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 362 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 469 



(1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 

 ITyphantornis nigerrima, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1S95, p. 334. 

 rioceus nigerrimus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 50 (1904). 



Eo-o-s of Yieillot's Black Weaver-Finch vary in shape from a long 

 pointed oval to a rather wide pointed ova], one egg being pointed 

 at both ends. They are without gloss, and vary in colour from a 

 uniform very pale blue to pale blue. They vary in length from '82 

 to 1-03, and in breadth from 08 to -68. 



2. Entebbe, Uganda, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. . I. Jackson, Esq. [ C.J. 



2. Entebbe, 13tb Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Entebbe, 18tb Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [CI. 



2' Entebbe, 19tb Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Entebbe, 19th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. rc."!. 



2. Entebbe, lOtli Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C 



2. Entebbe, 19tb Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C 



2. Entebbe, 24th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C. , 



2! Entebbe, 24tli Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C] 



Entebbe, 4th March. F. J. Jackson, Esq. (C.J. 



Entebbe, 4th March. F. J. .lackson, Esq. [C.J. 



Entebbe, 4th ^Slarch. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C. I. 



Entebbe, 9th March. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



Bimbl, Cameroon, 12ili Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



