OBE PLOCEID.L. 
Genus SPOREGINTHUS, Cab. 
The eggs of the Munias of this genus are typically of an elongate 
pointed oval form, devoid of gloss, and plain white. 
Sporeginthus am :ndava (Linn.). 
Sporeginthus amandava, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 820 (1890) ; 
Oates, Fuun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 192 (1890); id., ed. Hume, 
Nests §& Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 147 (1899); Betham, Journ. Bom. 
Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 781 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 489 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 382 (1910). 
Eggs of the Indian Red Munia measure from ‘55 to *65 in 
length, and from -4 to -45 in breadth. 
1. India (Capt. C. R. Cock: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coil.). 
17. Raipur, C. Provs., India (/ R. Hume Coll. 
Blewitt). 
1. Saugor, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 
3. Nilghiri Hills, May. Hume Coll. 
Sporeginthus flavidiventris ( Wwlace). 
Sporeeginthus flavidiventris, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 323 
(1890); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 11. p. 193 (1899); 2d., ed. 
Hume, Nests §& Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 149 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
y. p. 439 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Biersammi. p. 3382 (1910). 
The eggs of the Burmese Red Munia are inseparable from those 
of S. amandava. 
5. Pegu, 2nd Nov. (2. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 
2. Pegu, 15th Nov. (2, W. O.). Hume Coll. 
5. Pegu, 12th Dec. (Z. W. O.). Oates Coll. 
Sporeginthus subflavus ( Vveill.). 
Sporeginthus subflavus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xili. p. 324 (1890) ; 
Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 839; Sharpe, Hand-i. v. p. 439 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. p. 332 (1910). 
Fstrelda snbflava, Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 186 (1904); Shelley, Birds 
Afr. iv. p. 207 (1905). 
An egg of the Northern Zebra Waxbill is of a rather pointed 
oval shape and without gloss. It is pure white, and measures ‘61 
by °4. 
1. West Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
