210 FRINGILLID. 
indistinct cap. Five examples measure from ‘8 to ‘84 in length, 
and from °6 to °64 in breadth. 
5. Algeria (Loche). Seebohm Coll. 
Passer swainsoni (iupp.). 
Passer swainsoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 334 (1888) ; Retchenow, 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 228 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hone) Vv. p. 252 (1908). 
Passer diffusus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 251 (1902) | part.]. 
Five eggs of Swainson’s Sparrow resemble some of those of 
P. domesticus. They measure from ‘79 to ‘8 in length, and from 
*58 to “62 in breadth. 
1. N.E. Africa (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
4, Harar, S. Abyssinia, 16th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [C.]. 
Genus ALARIO, Bonap. 
Alario alario (Linn.). 
(Plate X. fig. 15.) 
Alario alario, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 846 (1888); Stark, 
Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 179 (1900); Reichenow, Voy. Afr. iii. 
p. 246 (1904) [ [part. 13 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 253 (1908). 
Serinus alario, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 215 (1902). 
Fight eggs of the Mountain Canary vary in shape from a broad 
to a somewhat pointed oval and are almost devoid of gloss. They 
are white or pale bluish-white with small scattered spots, scrolls, 
and streaks of chocolate-brown and reddish-lilac, these markings 
being almost entirely confined to the larger end. They measure 
from °61 to ‘66 in length, and from ‘46 to °48 in breadth. 
8. Pondoland, 8. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
Alario leucolema, Sharpe. 
Alario leucolema, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. no. xcix. p. 80 (1908) ; zd., 
Hand-l. v. p. 253 (1908). 
Five eggs of the Western Mountain Canary are of a somewhat 
pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. They are much like those 
of A. alario but larger, and the markings are of a deep chocolate- 
brown. In one specimen most of the markings take the form of 
fine interlaced lines and tracings, forming a zone round the larger . 
end. They vary from °68 to *78 in length, and from -45 to ‘54 in 
breadth. 
5. Namaqualand, 8,W. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
