356 PLOCEID-E. 
rogular oval shape, slightly glossy, and pure white. It measures 
‘75 by *55. 
1. Lado (min Pasha: Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Sitagra velata (V%eill.). 
Hyphantornis mariquensis, dyres, Ibis, 1873, p. 284; Bucknill § Gron- 
vold, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. ii. p. 5, pl. 1. figs. 7-16 (1908). 
Hyphantornis velatus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 439 (1875- 
84); Butler, Feilden § Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 257; Ayres, Ibis, 1885, 
p- 345; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, xiii. p. 464 (1890); Kuschel, 
wage O. 1895, p. 333; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 58 (1900) ; 
Haagner, This, 1901, p. 16; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 404 (1905). 
Ploceus velatus, Rech. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 78 (1904). 
Sitagra velata, Sharpe, iland-l, v. p. 474 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p- 338 (1910). 
A large series of eggs of the Black-fronted Weaver-Finch vary 
greatly in shape, size, and coloration. They are mostly lengthened 
ovals, some pointed sharply at one end, others blunt, and not a few 
specimens are cylindrical, with the two ends quite similar. The 
following types of coloration occur: white with a few extremely 
minute brown specks; cream-colour, spotted and mottled with 
chestnut-brown and pale purple; cream-colour, marked with rich 
chestnut, chocolate-brown, and purple ; light green, densely marked 
with minute specks and some spots of chestnut-brown and pale 
purple; greenish-blue, boldly blotched with chestnut and pale 
purple; blue, distinctly spotted with chestnut, chocolate, and 
purple. Specimens intermediate between any two of these types 
are also to be found. They vary from ‘75 to 1:05 in length, and 
from °45 to ‘68 in breadth. 
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2. South Africa. ORS Wy Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
4. South Africa. le Lay ard, Hisq. [ene 
1. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 
3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C. |. 
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2. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [ C. i 
4, Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 
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4, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid (Meal. 
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8. Grahamstown (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
5. Nels Poort (7. Atmore: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
Deelfontein, 20th Nov. (C. H. Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 
B. Grant). 
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