Oot PLOCEID. 
Genus QUELEA, Peichenb. 
Quelea erythrops (Huartl.). 
Quelea erythrops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 255 (1890) : Kuschel, 
dhs ifn, 0). 1895, p. 336 ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. iil Sup Shelley, 
Birds Afr. iv. p.117 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 422 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 331 (1910). 
An egg of the Dark-throated Dioch is of a rather short oval 
shape and almost devoid of gloss. It is dull olive-green with fine 
scattered spots of a darker shade, most numerous towards the larger 
end. It measures ‘7 by °55. 
1. West Africa (Nehrkorn Coll). Crowley Bequest. 
Quelea cardinalis (Harit.). 
(Plate XIV. fig. 11.) 
Ilyphantica cardinalis, Hartl. Abhandi. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 102 
(1881); Fischer, Zeit. ges. Orn. i. p. 3828 (1884). 
Quelea cardinalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 256 (1890); Reich. 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 112 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds apr. iv. p. 119 (1905) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 423 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. p. 331, 
pl. il. fig. 384 (1910). 
Eggs of the Cardinal Dioch vary in shape from a rather short 
oval to a pointed oval, and exhibit a certain amount of gloss. The 
ground-colour is greenish-white or white more or less thickly 
spotted all over the shell with reddish-brown or purplish-brown and 
underlying spots and small blotches of grey. They vary in size 
from *67 to -72 in length, and from :47 to °5 in breadth, 
4. Njemps, B. E. Africa, 16th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 
1. Njemps, 16th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. ber alle 
2. Njemps, 19th Sept. F. J. Jackson, Esq. | C. f 
2. Njemps, 19th Sept. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.). 
1. Nandi, B. E. Africa, 7th May. EB. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 
Quelea quelea (Linn.). 
Quelea quelea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 257 (1890) ; Shelley, 
Birds Afr. iv. p. 111 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 423 (1909). 
Quelea sanguinirostris, Reich, Vig. Afr, iii. p. 108 (1804). 
Two eggs of the Black-fronted Dioch laid in captivity are of 
a short wide oval shape, devoid of gloss and pure white. They 
measure respectively : *75 by 6, and °68 by 55. 
Dr, Reichenow describes an egg, also laid in captivity, as being 
pale blue with small reddish-brown and grey spots. It measured 
81 by ‘35. 
2. Laid in captivity (J. J. Weir). Crowley Bequest. 
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