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Genus UROBRACHYA, Bonap. 
Urobrachya axillaris (Smith). 
(Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 
Vidua axillaris, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 211. 
Penthetria axillaris, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p, 461 
1875-84). 
patie axillaris, Butler, Feilden § Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 298; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 224 (1890); Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 
i. p. 134 (1900); Beech. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 120 (1904); Shelley, Birds 
Afr. iv. p. 60 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 412 (1909); Nehrh. 
Kat. Eiersimmil. p. 329 (1910). 
The eggs of the Red-shouldered Widow-bird are of a regular 
oval shape and fairly glossy. They are bluish-green, blotched and 
smeared with various shades of brown and pale lavender-grey. 
The markings are more or less confluent at the large end and form 
an irregular cap. They measure from ‘71 to ‘85 in length, and 
from *53 to ‘6 in breadth, 
3. Natal (7. Ayres). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. | C.|. 
4, Natal, Dec. Capt. Savile Reid | P.]. 
2. Mooi River, Natal, 15th Dec. Major R. Sparrow | I. }. 
3. Mooi River, 15th Dee. Major R. Sparrow | E. |. 
3. Mooi River, 30th March. Major R. Sparrow | 
Urobrachya phenicea (Heuzg/.). 
Urobrachya phcenicea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 225 (1890) ; 
Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 388: Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 130 (1904) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 413 (1909); Nehrk., Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 
(1910). 
Urobrachya axillaris, Kuschel (nee Smith), J. f. O. 1895, p. 837. 
Two eggs of Heuglin’s Fan-tailed Widow-bird resemble those of 
U. avillaris, but are smaller. They measure respectively: *7 by 
"23 °74 by 57. 
1. East Africa (F%scher). Crowley Bequest. 
I. [East Africa. ] Crowley Bequest. 
Genus PYROMELANA, Bonap. 
Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.). 
Euplectes flammiceps, Fischer §- Reich. J. f. O. 1878, p. 268. 
Pyromelana flammiceps, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 337; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xiii. p. 228 (1890); Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 118 (1904) ; 
Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 104 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 414 
(1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 829 (1910). 
Eggs of the Fire-crowned Bishop-bird are of a regular oval form, 
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