SITAflRA. 3r)3 



(187;'-84); Sharpe, Cat. Binh II. Af. xiii. p. 4(;8 (1890); Kuschel, 

 J. f. O. 189"), p. 3:U : Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 60 (1900) ; 

 Shelley, Birth Afr. iv. p. 416 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 471 

 (1909'j ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (19I0> 



Eggs of tho Spotted-backed Weaver-Finch vary from a regular 

 oval to an elongate narrow oval shape, and are without gloss. 

 They are of two distinct types : those with the ground greenish- 

 hlue and those with the ground Avhite. Each type is either plain 

 or profusely frccldcd all over Avith small blotches or very small 

 spots of pale purplish-red and lilac. They vary in length from '88 

 to 1-03, and in width from 63 to -07. 



21. BlaauAv Krantz, Cape Colony, JR. E. Jupp, I'^sq. [0.]. 

 Jan. (Z. Palnier). 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Stangci, Natal, 21st Oct. Major 11. Sparrow [E.l. 



2. Stanger, 21st Oct. IMajor R. Sparrow fE.]. 



2. Stanger, 21st Oct. Mapr R. Sparrow [E.l. 



2. Slauger, 22nd Oct. Major R. Sparrow [E.|. 



2. Stanger, 22nil Oct. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



1. I'ondoland. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SITAGRA, lieiclienh. 



Sitagra aliena, Shdrpc. 



Sitagra alicna, Sharpc, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 21 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 472 (1909) ; Oyihne-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 279, pi. xix. 



fig. 18 (1910). 

 Pldceus alienus, Reich. 1 (hi. Afr. iii. p. 68 (1004). 

 Ilyphauturgu.s alienus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 392 (1905). 



Two eggs of the Alien Weaver-Finch are of a long oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. The ground is crcam)'-white, thickly speckled 

 Avith brick-red and with a few underlying spots of lavender-grey. 

 They measure respectively : '93 by "58 ; and -88 by 'SO. 



2, Mubuku Vallev, E. . Ruwenzori, Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 

 6000 ft., 23rd Jan. {D. Car- Exped. [R]. 



rut hers). 



Sitagra jacksoni, Shelley. 



Hyphantornii^ dimidiatus, Sharpe {nee Antin. ^- Salvad.), Cat. Birds 



B. M. xiii. p. 459 (1890). 

 I Ploceiis jacksoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293 ; Beich. Vdg. Afr. iii. p. Q^ 

 I (1904). 



} Hyphantoriiis jacksoni, Kuschel, J. f. 0. 1895, p. 333 : Shelley, Birds Afr. 



iv. p. 435 (1905); Ogilne-Gra7it, Trans. Zool. Soc. .xix. p. 276, 



pi. xix. figs. 2 & 4 (1910). 

 I Sitagra jacksoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 472 (1909); JS'ehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 \ samml. p. 337 (1910). 



Eggs of Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver-Finch are of a blunt 

 VOL. V. 2 a. 



