362 ThOCFAT)M. 



Foudia flavicans, E. KeivUm. 



Foudia flavicans, E. Newton, Ibis, 1865, p. 153; Sharpe. Phil. Trans. 

 clxviii. p. 461 (1879}; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 434 (1890); 

 Shelle>i, Birds Afr. iv. p. 495 (r.i05j ; Sharpe, Iland-l. v. p. 479 

 (1909). 



Two G^^s of the llodriguez Weaver-Finch are of a regular oval 

 shape, slightly glossy, und of a very pale blue colour. They 

 measure respectively: '75 hy '51 ; and "7- by "52. 



2. Rodriguez {G. GuUirer : ' Transit Eoyal Society [F.]. 

 of Venics ' leaped.). 



Genus NELICURVIUS, Bouap. 

 Nelicurvius nelicourvi {Scojk). 



Hyphantornis pensilis, Cowan, Froc. li. I'hys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 



(188i0- ... 

 Ploceus pensilis, 31 ihie-Bdwards ^- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madai/., Ois. 



ii. p. 446, pi. 304. fi^•s. 8, 8 a (1885). 

 Nelicurvius uelicourvi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. J/, xiii. p. 436 (1890) ; 



Shellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 4£9 (1905); Sharpe, Ilund-l. v. p. 479 



(1909) ; Nchrh. Eat. Eicrsamml. p. 339 (1910). 



The eggs of Cowan's Weaver-Finch are almost elliptical in shape 

 (the two ends being nearly alike), slightly glossy, and of a pale blue 

 colour. They measure from "8 to "S^ in length, and from -58 to '6 

 in breadth. 



4. Madagascar (r/'/s/^-fl?)! Co//.). Crowley Ferpiest. 

 3. Madagascar (T'rfsfrftwi Coll.). Crowley I'equest. 



5. Belsileo, Madagascar. Itev. W. Deuus Cowau [P.]. 



Genus PLOCELLLA, Gates. 



Ploceella javanensis {Less.). 



(Plate XV. figs. 17 & 20.) 



Ploceella javanensis, Oates, Eaima Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 180 (1890) ; 

 id., ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eqgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 124 (1890) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p."474 (1890) ; id., Iland-l. v. p. 480 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 339 (1910). 



The eggs of the Burmese Golden AVeaver-Finch are generally of a 

 pointed oval shape and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They 

 are varied in colour and Mr. Hume thus describes them:— "The 

 ground-colour is white, greenish or greyish-white, a delicate dove- 

 grey or pale purplish stone-colour; and "while one or \.\\o of the 



