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pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. They are bluish-white, 
and two are sparingly spotted at the broad end with deep chocolate- 
brown, while the others are almost uniform. They measure 
respectively : *73 by °55; °75 by ‘55; *78 by °58; and -83 by °57. 
2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Swellendam, Cape Colony (7. Aé- Crowley Bequest. 
more: Tristram Coll.). 
Poliospiza tristriata (Riupp.). 
Poliospiza tristriata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 345 (1888) ; Shelley, 
Birds Afr. iii. p. 229 (1902) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. ii. p. 229 (1904) 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 256 (1908). 
Two eggs of Riippell’s Seed-eater are of a regular oval shape aud 
almost devoid of gloss. They resemble small eggs of Liyurinus 
chloris, having the ground-colour pale greenish-white, with spots and 
irregular markings of chocolate-brown and lilac-grey, mostly confined 
to the larger end. They measure respectively ‘71 by *52 and 
“72 by °53. 
2. Harar, Abyssinia, 10th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [C.]. 
Genus SERINUS, Aoch. 
Serinus canicollis (Swains.). 
Serinus canicollis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 488 (1875-84) ; 
id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 350 (1888); Nehrh. Kat. Eier- 
samml, p. 110 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 163 (1900) ; 
Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 186 (1902); Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iti. 
p- 262 (1904); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 257 (1908). 
Crithagra canicollis, Butler, Feilden, § Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 301. 
Eggs of the Cape Canary are of a pointed oval shape and possess 
a small amount of gloss. ‘hey are white or very pale bluish-white, 
speckled, almost entirely at the broader half, with lilac and purplish- 
brown or deep chocolate-brown. They measure from 66 to *72 in 
length, and trom °49 to ‘51 in breadth. 
4, Cape Colony (2. L. Layard; Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. Cape Colony (Miss Daeres: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coil.). i 
4. Mooi River, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.} 
3. Mooi River, 13th Dee. Major R. Sparrow [ E. j. 
4. Mooi River, Dec. Major R. Sparrow [ E.}. 
7. Potchefstroom, ‘Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 
(2. Ayres: Tristram Coll.). 
