FRINGILLARIA. ats 
smears of purplish-grey and are very prominent on some examples. 
Five eggs measure from ‘75 to *8 in length, and from °53 to ‘56 in 
breadth. 
3. Ajmere, Rajputana, India, 12th Hume Coll. 
Noy. (A. O. Hume). 
2. Ajmere, 16th Noy. (4. O. HZ). Hume Coll. 
Fringillaria sahare (Zevaill.). 
Fringillaria sahare, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 295; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
B. M. xii. p. 563 (1888); Nehrk. Cat. Hiersamml. p. 113 (1899); 
Whitaker, Birds Tunis. i. p. 228 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 285 
(1909). 
Emberiza saharew, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 8345 (1902). 
Emberiza_ striolata sahari, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 190 
(1904). 
Eggs of the House-Bunting resemble those of /. capensis described 
above. Six eggs measure from *69 to ‘75 in length, and from 54 
to ‘57 in breadth. 
1. El Alf Beni, Mzab, Algerian Sahara, Crowley Bequest. 
April (J. H. Gurney: Tristram 
Coll.). 
4, South Tunis, 17th May (P. Spatz). |W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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1. Gafsa, S. Tunis, 26th May (P.S.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Bssik 
Fringillaria impetuani (Smith). 
Fringillaria impetuani, Layard, Ibis, 1868, p. 247; Gurney, tr Anderss. 
Birds Damaral. p. 189 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. 
Africa, p. 489 (1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 563 (1888) ; 
Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 190 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Africa, 
iil, p. 159 (1902) ; Retchenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 292 (1904) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 285 (1909). 
Two eggs of the South-African Lark-Bunting in the Collection 
are much the same as those of the other species of the genus. They 
are of a broad blunt oval shape and slightly glossy. The ground- 
colour is white, finely spotted all over with brown and violet-grey. 
One egg measures *69 by °52, 
Layard gives the measurements as ‘7 by ‘55, and Stark as -72 
by °6. 
2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 
Andersson: Tristram Coil.). 
