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ooloration. One is oli<'e-green in colour, anoUicr is pale chestnut- 

 brown, and a third is piukish-lmff. They measure respectively 

 •78 by '55 : "79 by -55 ; and •S(i by -54. 



3. Iliver Gambia, W. Africa, 4th Dr. P. Kendall [P.]. 

 Au^r. 



Sitagra intermedia (liiij-'j''-). 



Ilypliantornis intermedins, Sharpe, Cat. Birch B. M. xiii. p. 400 (1890) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afi: iv. p. 401 (1905) [part.] ; Oi/ilrie-Grant, Trans. 



Zool. Soc. xix. p."27G (1910). 

 Ilypliantornis cabanisi, KuscAel, J.f. 0. 1895, p. 3-3.'^ 

 Ploceus cabauisi, Reich. TUg. Afr. iii. p. 73 (1904) [part.]. 

 Sitagra cabauisi, Sharpe, Hmid-l. v. p. 473 (^1909) j_part.J ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamiiil. p. 338 (1910). 



Two eggs of Cabanis's Weaver-Finch are of a long pointed oval 

 form, devoid of gloss and pure white. They measure respectively 

 •82 by "55 ; and -So by -oi). 



1. Zanzibar, B. E. .\frica. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Witii, B. E. Africa (Dr. Fischer). t'rowley Bequest. 



Sitagra pelzelni (Hartl.). 



Icteropsis pekelui, Sharpe, Cat. Birrls B. M. xiii. p. 410 (1890). 

 Sitagra pelzelni, Kuschel, J.f. 0. 1895, p. 331 ; Shelley., Birds Afr. iv. 



p. 394 (lUOoj ; Sharpe, lland-l. v. p. 473 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat, Eier- 



mmml. p. 3-38 (1910). 

 Ploceus pelzelni, lieich. Viiy. Afr. iii. p. 75 (1904). 



Eggs of Pel/.eln's Slender-billed Weaver-Finch vary from a 

 regular to a rather long and somewhat pointed oval shape. They 

 are devoid of gloss and pure white. They vary in length from -7 

 to "75, and in width from -ol to 'oG. 



Sitagra luteola (Lkht.). 



Sitagra luteola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 45 (1890); Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 331 : Shellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 397 (1905) ; Sharpe, 

 Iland-l. V. p. 474 (1909) ; A'ehrk. Kat.' Eiersamml. p. 338 (1910). 



Ploceus luteolus, Beich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 76 (1904). 



An egg of Lichtcnsteiu's Slender-billed AVeaver- Finch is of a 



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