MKT,ANOPTERYX. HYm ANTORMS. 351 



Melanopteryx castaneofusca (Less.). 



Cinnaninptorvx castaneofuBca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 472 



(J81I0) {shAhnj, Bii<h Afr. iv. p. So? (lOOo). 

 IfvpliniUornis castaneofusca, Kuachcl, J.f. 0. 1805, p. 834. 

 rioceus castaueofuscus, Reich. T'or/. Afr. iii. p. 53 (iri04). 

 Melanoptervx castaneofusca, Skarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909) ; Kchrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Chestnut-and-Black Wearer-Finch, laid in 

 pnplivity, are of a rather long pointed oval form and slightly glossy. 

 One is pale blue, the other pale bluish-white, without anj' markings. 

 They measure respectively : I'D by '60, and -98 by -GS. 



2. Laid in captivity {Dr. Kutter). Crowley Bequest. 



Melanopteryx rubiginosa {Rllpp.). 



Cinnamopteryx rubiginosa, S/iarpe, Cut. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 473 (1890). 

 Ploceus rubigiuosu.s, Reich. T'off. Afr. iii. p. .55 (1904). 

 Ilyphantornis rubigino.sus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 432 (100.5). 

 ^Jelanopteryx rubiginosa, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909). 



Seven eggs of Kiippeirs Chestnut Weaver-Finch varj' from a 

 regular oval to a rather pointed oval shape, and are slightly glossy. 

 They are uniform jjale bright blue or deeper blue tinged with 

 greyish. They vary in length from '83 to '88, and iu width from 

 ••56 to -Ho. 



4. Kjemps, Bake Baringo, 13th July. F. J. .lackson, Esq. [C.]. 

 8. Njenip.--, 13th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



Genus HYPHANTORNIS, Gray. 



Hyphantornis femininus, Grant. 



(Plate XV. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Ilyphantornis aby.«sinicus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 429 (190.5) [part.1. 

 I'loceus abyssinicus, Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. .57 (1904) [part.]. 

 Hyphantornis femininus. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 1-5 (1907) ; Sharpe, 

 Ha7id-l. V. p. 470 (1909); Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 277 (1910)! 



Thirteen eggs of the Uganda Black-and- Yellow Mantled Weaver- 

 Finch are all of a rather long pointed oval shape and have little or 

 no gloss. The ground varies from white to pale greenish-white, 

 greenish-blue, and pale blue. Some examples are uniform or 

 nearly so, others are more or less profusely marked with small 

 Bpots and sometimes small blotches of reddish-lilac or reddish- 

 brown and pale lavender-grey. They vary iu length from -'JO to 

 •98, and in width from •59 to -(io. 



