MELANOPTERYX.—HYPHANTORNIS. ool 
Melanopteryx castaneofusca (Less.). 
Cinnamopteryx castaneofusca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 472 
(1890); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 357 (1905). 
Hyphantornis castaneofusca, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 334. 
Ploceus castaneofuscus, Rech. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 53 (1904). 
Melanopteryx castaneofusca, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersamml. p. 887 (1910). 
Two eggs of the Chestnut-and-Black Weaver-Finch, laid in 
captivity, are of a rather long pointed oval form and slightly glossy. 
One is pale bine, the other pale bluish-white, without any markings. 
They measure respectively : 1-0 by 66, and -98 by °68. 
2. Laid in captivity (Dr. Kutter). Crowley Bequest. 
Melanopteryx rubiginosa (J/ti/pp.). 
Cinnamopteryx rubiginosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 473 (1890). 
Ploceus rubiginosus, Rech. Vog. Afr. ili. p. 55 (1904). 
Hyphantornis rubiginosus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 482 (1905). 
Melanopteryx rubiginosa, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909). 
Seven eggs of Riippell’s Chestnut Weaver-Finch vary from a 
regular oval to a rather pointed oval shape, and are slightly glossy. 
They are uniform pale bright blue or deeper blue tinged with 
greyish. They vary in length from ‘83 to ‘88, and in width from 
*56 to *69. 
4, Niemps, Lake Baringo, 13th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C 
3. Njemps, 13th July. F. J. Jackscn, Esq. | 
Genus HYPHANTORNIS, Gray. 
Hyphantornis femininus, Giant. 
(Plate XV. figs. 2 & 3.) 
Hyphantornis abyssinicus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 429 (1905) [part. }. 
Ploceus abyssinicus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 57 (1904) (part. ]. 
Hyphantornis femininus, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p- 15 (1907) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909); Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc, xix. p. 277 (1910). 
Thirteen eggs of the Uganda Black-and-Yellow Mantled Weaver- 
Finch are all ot a rather long pointed oval shape and have little or 
no gloss. The ground varies from white to pale greenish-white, 
greenish-blue, and pale blue. Some examples are uniform or 
nearly so, others are more or less profusely marked with small 
spots and sometimes small blotches of reddish-lilae or reddish- 
brown and pale lavender-grey. They vary in length from -90 to 
-98, and in width from °59 to -65. 
