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2. Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 9th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [C.]. 
2. Harrar, 10th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro | C.1. 
3. Harrar, 13th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [@e1. 
4. Wad Medina, Blue Nile, 20th Capt. H. N. Dunn [ P.]. 
Sept. 
4. Wad Medina, 20th Sept. Capt. H. N. Dunn [P.]. 
Sitagra castanops (Shelley). 
(Plate XV. fig. 13.) 
Hyphantornis castanops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 443 (1890). 
Ploceus castanops, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 96 (1904). 
Xanthophilus castanops, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 471 (1905). 
Sitagra castanops, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 477 (1909); Nehrk. Kat, Lier- 
sammi, p. 339 (1910). 
Three eggs of the Nile Brown-throated Weaver-Finch vary in 
shape, two being of a rather pointed oval form and the third a perfect 
ellipse. They are without gloss, and the ground-colour in all three 
is pinkish-white ; the elliptical egg is almost unmarked, but the 
other two are covered with fine indistinct markings of pinkish- 
brown and yellowish-brown, most dense towards the larger end 
where they form a cloudy cap. They measure respectively: *85 by 
"59; ‘8 by 88; and -74 by °d5. 
3. Entebbe, Uganda, 6th April. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 
Genus FOUDIA, Reichend. 
Foudia madagascariensis (Linn.). 
Foudia madagascariensis, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soe. Edin. vii. p. 149 
(1882) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii- p.483 (1890): Shelley, Birds 
Afr. iv. p. 488 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 478 (1909); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammil. p. 339 (1910). 
Ploceus madagascariensis, DMilne-Edwards § Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 
Madag., Ois. 11. p. 449, pl. 604. fig. 9 (1885). 
The eggs of the Madagascar Weaver-Finch are of a pointed oval 
form, fairly glossy, and of a very pale blue colour. They measure 
from ‘67 to °7S in length, and from -53 to +55 in breadth. One 
specimen which is almost spherical in shape measures °61 by °57. 
4, Madagascar (7'ristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
4, Madagascar (Rev. W. Deans W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Cowan). (Peal: 
12. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 
2. Mauritius (Z. Newton: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Lucia, Mauritius, April (2. 4.: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.) 
