SITAGRA. ODS 
(1875-84); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 468 (1890) ; Kuschel, 
J. f. O. 1895, p. 354; Stark, Fauna 8, Afr., Birds, i. p. 60 (1900) ; 
Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 416 (1905): Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 471 
(1909); Nekrk. Kat. Lrersamml. p. 837 (1910). 
Eegs of the Spotted-backed Weaver-Finch vary from a regular 
oval to an elongate narrow oval shape, and are without gloss. 
They are of two distinct types: those with the ground greenish- 
blue and those with the ground white. Mach type is either plain 
or profusely freckled all over with small blotches or very small 
spots of pale purplish-red and lilac. They vary in length from -88 
to 1-08, and in width from -63 to °67. 
21. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 
Jan. (Z. Palmer). 
3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 
2. Stanger, Natal, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow | E. }. 
2. Stanger, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow | E.}. 
2. Stanger, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 
2, Stanger, 22nd Oct. Major R. Sparrow [| E.|. 
2. Stanger, 22nd Oct. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 
1. Pondoland. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus SITAGRA, Jteichenh. 
Sitagra aliena, Sharpe. 
Sitagra aliena, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 21 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 472 (1909) ; Ogelwre-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 279, pl. xix. 
fiz. 18 (1910). 
Ploceus alienus, Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 68 (1904). 
Ilyphanturgus alienus, Shedley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 892 (1905). 
Two eggs of the Alien Weaver-Finch are of a long oval shape 
and devoid of gloss. The ground is creamy-white, thickly speckled 
with brick-red and with a few underlying spots of lavender-grey. 
They measure respectively : -93 by -58; and -88 by ‘59. 
2. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 
6000 ft., 23rd Jan. (D. Car- Exped. [P.]. 
ruthers), 
Sitagra jacksoni, Shelley. 
Ilyphantornis dimidiatus, Sharpe (nee Antin. § Salvad.), Cat. Birds 
B. M. xiii. p. 459 (1890). 
Ploceus jacksoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 68 
(1904). 
Hyphantornis jacksoni, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 333; Shelley, Birds Afr. 
iv. p. 485 (1905); Ogilete-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 276, 
pl. xix. figs. 2 & 4 (1910). 
Sitagra jacksoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 472 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 
samml, p. 337 (1910), 
Eggs of Jackson’s Golden-backed Weaver-Finch are of a blunt 
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