344 PLOCFID A, 
2. North Queensland, 20th Teb. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(eriy 
4, Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.] 
4. Herbert River, 7th Jan. (J. A. Crowley Bequest. 
Boyd: North Coil.). 
Genus ESTRILDA, Swainson. 
The eggs of all the members of this genus are of a rather broad 
oval shape, and pure white devoid of gloss. 
Estrilda astrilda (Linn.). 
Estrelda astrild, Gurney, Ibis, 1862, pp. 381, 156; Sharpe, ed. Layard, 
Birds 8. Africa, p. 470 (1875-84); Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 178 
(1904); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 194 (1905). 
Fstrilda astrilda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 891 (1890); Badler, 
foreign Finches in Capt. P 142 (1895); Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 
i. p. 98 (1900); Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; ‘Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 450 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat, Eiersammil. p. 885 (1910). 
The eggs of the Common Waxbill measure from *52 to ‘65 in 
length, and from ‘4 to *46 in breadth, | 
5. Natal (7. Ayres). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
8. Natal. Ome S. G. Reid [C.]. 
2. Pinetown, Natal, 17th Mar. Capt. G. EK. Shelley rp |. 
2. South Africa. Hae: fens Esq. | P.]. 
5. Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 18th Nov. Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.}. 
(BE. Seemund § C. H. B. Grant). 
Mauritius (2. Newton: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Colla: 
2. Lucia, Mauritius, April (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
5. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Dec. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C. ]. 
1. Grahamstown, Cape Colony, Feb. B. E. Jupp, Esq. (cal 
Estrilda cinerea ( Vveicdl.). 
Estrilda cinerea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 894 (1890); Reich. 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 182 (1904); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 203 (1905) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 452 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 885 
(1910). 
Habropyga cinerea, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 338. 
Three eges, said to be those of the Black- amped Waxbill, 
measure respectively: 56 by 43; *d4 by ‘41; and 52 by -41. 
2. (IN. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 
1 [N.E. Africa] (Rey Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

