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5. South Africa. W. [Radcliffe Saunders, I'sq. 
iP): 
6. South Africa. E. ee Eeq. [ P.]. 
4, South Africa. J.D.S, Par-y-Evans, Esq. [P. ]. 
2. Pondoland. Crowley Bequest. 
8, Winterberg District, Cape Colony, 3B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 
Jan. (Moorcraft). 
3 Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 19th Nov. Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 
(E. Seimund & C. H. B. Grant). 
2. Deelfontein, 19th Noy. (Z. S. § Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 
Clie BaGae 
1. Deelfontein, 19th Nov. (Z. S. & Colonel A. T. Sloggeti [P.]. 
CVABBaGS). 
9. Kuruman, British Bechuanaland, R. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 
19th Dec. Hsqrs. (C. ]. 
29. Kuruman, 19th Dec. Rk. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 
Esqrs. [C.]. 
2, Ondongr, Ovampoland, Feb. (C.J. Crowley Bequest. 
Andersson: Tristram Coll.). 
6. Transvaal (7. Ayres: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
6. Johannesburg, Transvaal, Dec. C. C. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 
2, Johannesburg, Dec. C. C. Roberts, sq. [P. |. 
2. Koodoo’s Poort, Transvaal, 13th Hon, J. A. Bucknill [P.}. 
Jan. (C. B. Horsbrugh). 
1. Ruo River, B. C. Africa. A. B. Percival, Esq. {C.]. 
Pyromelana franciscana (/sert). 
(Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 
Euplectes franciscanus, Heuyl. Orn, N.O.-Afr. 1. pt. 2, p. 571 (1870). 
Pyromelana franciscana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 233 (1890) ; 
Rendall, Ibis, 1892, p. 220; Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 337; Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammi. p. 124 (1899), p. 830 (1910); Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. 
p. 122 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iy. p. 90 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. 
vy. p. 415 (1909). 
Eggs of the Red-throated Bishop-bird are of a regular oval shape, 
very glossy, and of a pale blue colour. They measure from -7 to ‘79 
in length, and from °5 to *53 in breadth. 
1. Senegambia (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3, River Gambia, W. Africa, 7th Dr Po Rendallifire.s. 
Aug. 
3. Omdurman, White Nile. Capt. H. N. Dunn [P.]. 
Pyromelana diademata (/ischer §° Reichenow). 
Pyromelana diademata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 236 (i890) ; 
id., Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909); Nehrk. Kat, Eiersammi. p. 830 (1910). 
An egg said to that of the Fire-fronted Bishop-bird is of rather 
a wide oval shape and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is pale 
greenish-white, rather profusely marked over the greater part of 
the shell with distinct dots of reddish-chestnut and lilac-grey. 
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