214 FRINGILLIDA. 
Serinus sulphuratus (Linn.). 
(Plate X. fig. 13.) 
Crithagra sulphurata, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 486 
(1875-84), 
Serinus sulphuratus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 852 (1888); Nehrh. 
Kat. Eersammil. p. 110 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, 1. p. 169 
(1900) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 204 (1902); Reichenow, Vog. Afr. 
il. p. 265 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 257 (1908), 
Eggs of the Large Yellow Seed-eater are of a pointed oval shape 
and possess but little gloss. They are white or white tinged with 
blue, speckled, spotted, and sometimes streaked at the broad end 
with deep chocolate-brown, Ove example has, in addition, some 
lilac specks. They measure from °7 to °8 in length, and from -49 
to ‘55 in breadth. 
3. South Africa. E L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Cape Colony (7. Atmore: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.), 
1. Cape Colony (£. L. Layard; Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
Serinus flaviventris (Swazns). 
Serinus flaviventris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 853 (1888); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eversamml. p. 110 (1899 ; Stark, Fauna 8S. Afr., Birds, i. 
p- 170 (1900); Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 199 (1902); Retchenow, 
Voy. Afr. iii. p. 267 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 258 (1908). 
Four eggs of the Yellow-bellied Seed-eater are of a rather blunt 
oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are bluish-white, more or 
less sparingly marked round the larger end with spots, streaks, and 
hair-lines of deep chocolate-brown. They measure from -67 to -68 
in length, and from *50 to °53 in breadth. 
4. Deelfontein,Cape Colony,4th Nov. Col. A. T. Sloggett [ P.}. 
(i. Secmund). 
Serinus marshalli, Shelley. 
(Plate X. fig. 20.) 
Serinus marshalli, SheVey, Birds Afr iii. p. 200 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 258 (190d). 
Four eggs of Marshall’s Canary are of a rather narrow pointed 
oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are pale greenish-white, 
marked round the larger end with spots and streaks of deep choco- 
late-brown and underlying smudges of reddish-lilac. They measure 
from ‘71 to ‘72 in length, and from °49 to ‘50 in breadth. 
4. Kuruman, Bechuanaland, 27th Feb. KR. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.}. 
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