354 PL0CEID,T3. 



oval form and devoid of gloss. The ground is pale greenish-blue, 

 ill one instance creamy-white, and the markings are of three 

 different tj-pes : (1) finel}' and closely fi'eekled all over with dull 

 purplish-brown and lilac-grey ; (2) thickly blotched and spotted 

 with the same colours, the markings being concentrated towards 

 the larger end and forming a moie or less irregular cap ; (3) rather 

 Ri)aringly marked Avith distinct rounded spots, marks, and blotches 

 of deep chocolate-brown and pale lilac. They vary from 'TG to "86 

 in length, and from '55 to -58 in breadtli. 



3. Entebbe, Uganda, March. F. .T. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Entebbe, Mai'cli. F. .T. .Tackson. Esq. | CX] 

 2. iMitebbe, March. F. .T. .lackson, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Entebbe, March. F. .T. .lackson, Esq. [C.I. 

 2. Entebbe, March. F. J. Jaclison, I':sq. [O.J. 

 2. Elgeyu, Kaniassia ]\Its., B. E. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



Africa, •'•rd March. 



ElgHVii, 1 1th .Tulv. F. J. .Tack-son. Rsq. [C.]. 



Elgeyu, 14th August. F. .1. .Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



Elgeyu, 14th August. F. .J. Jackson, Esq. [Cj. 



Elgeyu, 14th August. F. J. Jackson, Esq. fC.J. 



2. p:io-eVu, ]4tli Au-rust. F. J. .lackson, Esq. [C.j. 



4. Witu, B. E. Africa (Dr. Fischfr). Crowlev Bequest. 



Sitagra dimidiata, Antin. J,' Salmd. 



Hyphantovnis dimidiatus, Atitin. S;- Salrad. Atli E. Acad. Torino, 187S, 



p. 3G0; She/lef/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 4.S6 ( 1905). 

 Ilyphantornis fischeri, S'/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 4.")8 (1890) ; 



Kmchcl, J.f. (). 189.-), p. ;i.32. 

 rioceus iischeri, Beiih. Toy. Afr. iii. p. 70 (1904). 

 8itagra dimidiata, Sliarpe, Iland-l. v. p. 472 (1909). 

 Silagra Iischeri, S/uirpe, Hund-l. v. n. 472 (1909); Neh-h. Kat. Eicr- 



samml. p. 338 (1910). 



Eggs of Fischer's Weaver-Finch are stated by Nehrkorn to display 

 the same amount of variation as those of *S'. jacksoni described above. 

 The only sjjecimen in the Collection has the ground greenish-l»hie, 

 and is densely and rather faintly freckled all over witii pale umber 

 and grey. It measures -77 by 55. 



1. East Africa. Croi^ley Bequest. 



Sitagra melanocephala (Linn.). 



Ilvphantoruis melanocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 457 

 (1890) ; Eendall, Ibis, 1892, p. 220 ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 439 

 (1905). 



Ploceus melanocephalus, Beich. V<i(/. Afr. iii. p. 71 (1904). 



Sitagra melanocephala, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 472 (1909) ; JSehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 3:.8 (1910). 



Three eggs of the Black-headed Weaver-Finch are of a narrow 

 elongate oval shape, somewhat glossy, and of three distinct types of 



