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Genus LEPIDOPYGIA, Peichenb. 
All the species of this genus appear to lay pure white eggs, 
devoid of gloss. 
Lepidopygia poensis (/raser'). 
Spermestes poensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, xiii. p. 262 (1890); Reich. 
Vog. Afr. ili. p. 152 (1904); Shelley, Birds Afr iv. p. 164 (1905). 
Lepidopygia poensis, Sharpe, Hant-l. v. p. 425 (1909). 
Four eggs are of a moderately long oval form; they average 
“55 by *4. 
4, Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, 11th Subscribers to Fernando Po 
Jan. (C. E. Setmund). Exped. [ P.]. 
Lepidopygia nana (Pucher.). 
Spermestes nana, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; 
Mitne-Edwards &§ Grandidier, Mist. Nat. Muadag., Ois. 1. p. 455, 
pl. 304. fig. 10 (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 266 (1890) ; 
Nehrk. Cat. Eiersammi. p- 125 (1899); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 174 
(1905). 
Lepidopygia nana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 426 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 
samml. p- 331 (1 910). 
The eggs of the Madagascar Mannakin are of a regular oval form 
They measure from *55 to °59 in length, and from ‘41 to ‘44 in 
breadth. 
Messrs. Milne-Edwards and Grandidier (/. ¢.) describe and figure 
the eggs of this bird as green spotted with brown. 
4. Madagascar. 7, Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
“Pl 
4. Madagascar (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
4. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan eats 
5. Tamala, Madagascar (W. D. C.: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
Genus SPERMESTES, Swains. 
Spermestes cucullatus, Swazns. 
Spermestes cucullata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 264 (1890) ; 
aay Ibis, 1892, p. 221; Kuschel, J. f; O. me p. 340; Reich. 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 149 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afire tvs ps 16% (1905) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 331 (1910). 
Spermestes cucullatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 426 (1909). 
An egg said to be that of Swainson’s Bronze Mannakin is of 
a perfect oval shape, and pure white devoid of gloss. It measures 
5 by “41. 
1. [West Africa. ] Crowley Bequest. 
