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and somewhat glossy. The ground-colour is pale greenish-white, 
spotted and blotched all over with olive-brown, or brown and grey, 
sometimes forming a zone or cap at the larger end. In some 
specimens the markings are smaller and Jess numerous and much 
of the ground-colour is visible. Others are very heavily marked. 
They vary in length from ‘831 to °88, and in breadth from +62 
to *65. 
3. Transvaal (7. Ayres: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Johannesburg, 12th Dec. C. C. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 
3. Doornkop, Orange River Colony, Major R. Sparrow [E.}. 
25th Noy. 
3. Mooi River, Natal, Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.}. 
1. Estcourt, Natal, 6th Jan. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. [P.]. 
1. Frere, Griqualand East, 25th Dec. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. | P.]. 
Genus COLIOSTRUTHUS, Sunidev. 
Coliostruthus ardens (Bodd.). 
(Plate XLV. fie. 2:) 
Vidua rubritorques, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 211. 
Vidua ardens, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 455 (1875-84) ; 
rR. B.S I. D. 8. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 410. 
Penthetria ardens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds 6. M. xiii. p. 215 (1890). 
Coliopasser ardens, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 142 (1900); Sparrow, 
J.S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Ellemon, t. c. p. 18, pl. iii.; 
Bucknill § Grénvold, t. c. i. p. 1, pl. i. fig. 1 (1906). 
Coliuspasser ardens, Reich. Vog, Afr, iii. p. 185 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds 
Afr, iy. p. 40 (1905). 
Coliostruthus ardens, Sharpe, Hund-l. y. p. 410 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eersamml. p. 829 (1910), 
Eggs of the Red-collared Widow-bird are of a regular oval shape 
and distinctly glossy. They are bdluish-green, finely spotted and 
mottled, especially towards the larger end, with pale umber-brown 
and lavender-grey. In some specimens the markings are somewhat 
larger and form small biotches. They vary from -72 to -76 in 
length, and from *54 to *55 in breadth. 
The little white-speckled eggs attributed to this species by 
Messrs. Woodward have no doubt been incorrectly identitied (¢. C.). 
3. Willow Grange, Natal, 30th Dee. Major R. Sparrow [ E.]. 
2. Highlands, Natal, 23rd Dee. Major R. Sparrow | E.}. 
2. Kareiga, Cape Colony, Nov. (B. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 
EF, Sey. 
Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Nov. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.1. 
(L. Palmer). 
3. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (Z. P.). hs. E. Jupp, Esq. (C.]. 
2. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (L. P.). 3. EK. Jupp, Esq. [C. }. 
2. Blaauw Krantz, Jan. (ZL. P.). B, E. Jupp, Esq. [ C.]. 
