30 Messrs. Bueknill and Groiivold on Eggs of 



and lavender colour, those of the former tint strongly pre- 

 dominating ; these spots grow fewer towards the narrower 

 end of the egg, the apex being quite unspotted. 



The surface is smooth and somewhat glossy : shape ovate. 



Size : 15-Oxll'O ram. 



[The egg of this species has already been figured (Journal 

 S. A. 0. U. June 1907, j)l. iii. fig. 5), but as tliis example 

 seems to differ considerably in shape and markings we figure 

 it again. — Edd.] 



CiNNYRis AFER (Linn.). Greater Double-collared Sunbird. 

 (PL 11. fig. G.) 



The egg figured is one of a clutch of two from the Jupp 

 collection, taken in January 19C4 at Blaauw Krantz, near 

 Graham stown. The eo-g of this Sunbird does not seem to 

 have been figured lief ore. 



In this clutch the ground-colour is greyish or greenish- 

 grey, spotted and lined with very small blackish-brown mark- 

 ings ; surrounding these markings lie ill-defined splashes of 

 a tint rather darker than the ground-colour of the shell, 

 giving a cloudy appearance to the whole. 



In a second clutch of two eggs (from the same locality and 

 collection) one of the pair is without any blackish-brown 

 markings whatever, the surface being merely Idotched as 

 before described, the cloudy effect being thus much inten- 

 sified ; in the second egg, on the other hand, the dark spots 

 and scribblings are larger and bolder than in either of tho 

 eggs of the first clutch, whilst there are also noticeable some 

 few small spots of a lavender-grey tint. 



The surface is smooth and dull : the shape ovate. 



Sizes : mean length 1825 mm.; mean breadth lo'.lO nun. 



Tarsiger stellatus (Vieill.) White-starred Bush-Robin. 

 (PI. 11. fig. 7.) 



Tho egg figured is one of a clutch of three taken on 

 February 2nd, 1900, at Kilgobbin, Natal, by Mr. Austin 

 Roberts. The clutch is now in the possession of the Trans- 

 vaal Museum, Pretoria. 



This clutch was described in this Journal (October 1908, 



