356 



rLOCEID.53. 



re^^alar oval shape, slightlj' glossy, and pure white. It measures 

 •75 by '55. 



1. Lado (Einin Pasha: Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Sitagra velata ( VieUl.). 



Hyphantornls mariquensis, Ayres. Ibis, 1873, p. 284 ; Bucknill Sf Gron- 

 vold, J. S. Afr. Oni. U ii. p.' 5, pi. i. figs._ 7-16 (1906). 



Hyphautornis velatus, Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard, Birds S. Afr. p. 4-39 (1875- 

 84) ; Butler, Feilden ^ Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 257 ; Ai/res, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 345; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 464 (i890j; Kuschel, 

 J. f. O. 1895, p. 333; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 58 (1900) ; 

 liaagner, Ibis, 1901, p. 16 ; Shdleij, Birds Afr. iv. p. 404 (1905). 



Ploceus velatus, Reich. Vcit/. Afr. iii. p. 78 (1904). 



SitaoTa velata, Sharpe, lland-l. v. p. 474 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 338 (1910). 



A large series of eggs of the Black-fronted Weaver-Finch vary 

 greatly in shape, size, and coloration. They are mostly lengthened 

 ovals, some pointed sliarply at one end, others blunt, and not a few 

 specimens are cylindrical, with the two ends quite similar. The 

 following types of coloration occur : white with a few extremely 

 minute brown specks ; cream-colour, spotted and mottled with 

 chestnut-brown and pale purple ; cream-colour, marked with rich 

 chestnut, chocolate-brown, and purple ; light green, densely marked 

 with minute specks and some spots of chestnut-brown and pale 

 purple ; greenish-blue, boldly blotched with chestnut and pale 

 purple; blue, distinctly spotted with chestnut, chocolate, and 

 purple. Specimens intermediate between any two of these types 

 are also to be found. They vary from '75 to I'Oo in length, and 

 from -45 to 'GS in breadth. 



2. South Africa. 



2. South Africa. 

 4. South Africa. 



1. Natal. 



3. Natal. 



3. Natal. 

 6. Natal. 



2. Natal. 



4. Natal. 

 11. Natal. 



4. Natal, Nov. 

 2. Natal, Nov. 



2. Natal, Nov. 

 1. Natal, Nov. 



3. Grahamstown (Tristram Coll.). 



5. Nels Poort (T. Atniore : Tris- 



tram Coll.). 



3. Deelfontein, 20th Nov. (C. II. 



B. Grant). 



3. Kurumau, 19th Dec. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.l 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.j. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [O.J. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.J. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.J. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 

 Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 

 Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.J. 

 Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Col.A. T. Sloggett[P.J. 



R. B. Woosnam and 

 R. E. Dent, Esqrs. [C.]. 



