358 PLOCEID®. 
Sitagra capensis (Linn.). 
Fringilla aurea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 431 (1845-54), 
Fringilla caffra, Thien. tom. cit. tab. xxxvi. fig. 8. 
Hyphanturgus olivaceus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 433 
(1875-84) [ part.1. 
Sitagra capensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 450 (1850) ; id., Hand-l. 
v. p. 475 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 338 (1910). 
Hyphantornis capensis, Auschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 331. 
Ploceus capensis, Reich. Vig. Afr. iii. p. 86 (1904). | 
Xanthophilus capensis, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 462 (1905). 
Eggs of the Cape Weaver-Finch are of an elongate oval shape, | 
the two ends being mueh alike. They are devoid of gloss, and of | 
a deep blue colour. They measure from ‘92 to 1-05 in length, and 
from °63 to *7 in breadth. . 
4. South Africa. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
jE: ). 
Ae een Bisgq. (iP. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Gould Coll. 
H. F. Walter, Esq. [/P.]. 
Crowley Bequest. 
South Africa, 
South Africa (Z. ZL. Layard). 
South Africa. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Cape of Goud Hope (£. LZ. L.: 
Tristram Coll.). 
to WHO 
Sitagra olivacea (Huhn),. 
Hyphanturgus olivaceus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8S, Afr. p. 483 
(1875-84) | part. ]. 
Hyphantornis capensis, Butler, Feilden § Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 256. 
Sitagra catlra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 431 (1890). 
Sitagra capensis cathra, Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 70 (1900). 
Ploceus capensis olivaceus, Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 87 (1904). 
Xanthophilus olivaceus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 465 (1905). 
Sitagra olivacea, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 475 (1909). 
The eggs of the Natal Weaver-Finch are indistinguishable from 
those of S. capensis, 
3. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 
18th Nov. (LZ. Palmer), i 
3. Hards Veldt, Cape Colony, 5th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.i. 
Nov. (2.22,). ; 
3. Hards Veldt, 5th Nov. (B. £E. Z.). B, E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 
5. Newcastle, Natal, 18th Jan. Major R. Sparrow. 
4, Newcastle, 4th Sept. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 
3. Natal, Dee. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 
3. Transvaal (7. Ayres: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
3, Belfast, Transvaal, 3rd Jan. Capt. W. A. Payn [P.], 
