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Estrilda vinacea (//artl.). 
Lagonosticta vinacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 286 (1890). 
Estrilda vinacea, Reich. Voy. Afr, iii. p. 191 (1904); Shelley, Birds 
Afr. iy. p. 224 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, vy. p. 455 (1999). 
An egg of the Vinaceous Waxbill is of a narrow oval form, 
without gloss, and plain white. It measures ‘65 by “46. 
1. Laid in confinement. Mrs. IF. Villiers [P.]. 
Genus UREGINTHUS, Cabanis. 
The eggs of all the members of this genus are oval in shape, 
pure white, and without gloss. 
Ureginthus phenicotis, Swainson. 
Ureginthus phonicotis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 619 (1871); Kuschel, 
a f. O. 1895, p. 889; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 456 (1909); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersamml. p: 335 (1910). 
Estrilda pheenicotis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 400 (1890). 
Ureginthus bengalus (Linn.), Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 207 (1904) ; 
Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 186 (1905). 
Eggs of the Ruby-cheeked Cordon-bleu vary in length from 
‘57 to *65, and in breadth from °4 to -43. 
The eggs from Witu are smaller and the majority are unusually 
rounded. They measure about *48 by ‘41. 
3. Laid in confinement. Mrs. F. Villiers [P.}. 
2. Laid in confinement (Colonel Fagan). Crowley Bequest. 
1. Elgeyu, B.E. Africa, 11th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 
8, Witu, B.E. Africa, 10th May. F. J. Jackson, Eag. |'C. |! 
Ureginthus angolensis (Linn. ). 
Fstrilda angolensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 402 (1890) ; Stark, 
Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 102 (1900) ; Symonds, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. 
li. p. 28 (1906) ; Neave (nec Reichenow, 1902), Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc. 
Manchester, li. no. 10, p. 95 (1907). 
Ureeginthus bengalus angolensis, Reich. Vig. Afr. iii. p. 209 (1904). 
Ureeginthus angolensis, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 182 (1905) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. y. p. 407 (1909). 
Two eggs of the Angola Cordon-bleu measure respectively : 
6 by °42, and -57 by -4. 
1, Petauke, N.E. Rhodesia, 2nd March. S. A. Neave, Esq. [C.] 
1. East Coast of Natal, 26th Nov. Gog Marshall, Eq. (Per 
