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sometimes slightly pointed at the ends, and distinctly glossy. They 
are pale blue or greenish-blue and generally uniform, but occa- 
sionally there are a few minute dots of black scattered over the 
shell. They vary from ‘69 to °75 in length, and from °52 to °55 in 
breadth. 
1. Abutja, Niger River, Sept. R. Kemp, Esq. [C.}. 
1. Gaboon (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
2. Bitye, near Ja River, Cameroon, G. L. Bates, Esq. [C.]. 
15th Nov 
2. Witu, B. EK. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
. Witu, May. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.1. 
11. Ruo River, B. C. Africa. A. B. Percival, Esq. [C.]. 
Pyromelana nigriventer (Cassin). 
eledad 
Pyromelana nigriventris, Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 171; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xiii. p. 230 (1890) ; Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 337 ; Reich, 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 125 (1904); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 89 (1905). 
Pyromelana nigriventer, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 414 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eersammil, p. 330 (1910). 
Four eggs of the Black-bellied Bishop-bird are of an oval or 
somewhat pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. The ground- 
colour is pale greenish-blue. ‘Two examples are sparingly marked 
with scattered dots of lavender-grey and darker grey; the other 
two are plain. They measure respectively : -66 by “48; -65 by -48; 
"64 by °5; °64 by °49. 
2. Witu, B. E. Africa Crowley Bequest. 
2 Witus Crowley Bequest. 
Pyrcmelana orix (Linn.). 
Fringilla oryx, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vég. p. 482, tab. xxxvi. fie. 9 
(1845-54), 
Euplectes sundevalli, Gurney, Ibis, 188, p. 465. 
Euplectes oryx, Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 381. 
Pyromelana oryx, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p.462 (1875-84); 
wd., Cat. Birds B. M, xiii. y. 230 (1890); Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, 
p. 3387; Nehrk. Kat. Lersumml. p. 124 (1899); Stark, Fauna 
S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 126 (1800) ; Dunean, J. S. Afi. Orn. U. i. p. 57 
(1906). 
Pyromelana orix, Reich, Voy. Afr. iii. p. 120 (1904): Shelley, Birds Afr. 
iv. p. 95 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 414 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersammil, p. 850 (1910). 
The eggs of the Red Bishop-bird are chiefly of a blunt oval form. 
They are greenish-blue and have a considerable amount of gloss. 
Some specimens exhibit a few very faint brown lines or specks. 
They vary greatly in size, the largest in the series measuring 
*83 by °59, and the smallest 63 by °5. 
4. South Africa (Z. L. Layard: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
3. South Afriea, Gould Coll. 
