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2. Jheenjuck Jhil, Etawah, 15th Sept. © Hume Coll, 
(WE. Brooks). 
2. Jheenjuck Jhil, 14th Oct. (W. Hume Coll. 
E. B.). 
1. Faridpur, Bengal, 18th June (J. Hume Coll, 
I. Cripps). 
Ploceus manyar (//orsf.). 
Ploceus manyar, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 646 (1879); Oates, Fauna Brit. 
Ind., Birds, ii. p. 179 (1890) ; zd., ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, 
ii. p. 121 (1890); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 496 (1890) ; id, 
Hand-l, y. p. 481 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 340 (1910). 
The eggs of the Striated Weaver-Finch are not separable from 
those of P. baya. 
7. Sind, India (J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 
2, Etawah AthSept. (W. £. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. Bhurtna, 27th July (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Fyzabad. Hume Coll. 
13. Milana, Deesa, Sept. (2. A. Hume Coll. 
Butler). 
2. Nilghiris (Walhouse: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
26. Pegu, 20th June (Z. W. Oates). Hume Coll, 
6. Pegu, 29th Sept. (“. W. O.). Oates Coll. 
Genus AMBLYOSPIZA, Sundev. 
Amblyospiza albifrons (Viy.). 
(Plate XV. figs. 18 & 19.) 
Amblyospiza albifrons, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 501 (1890) ; 
Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 836; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 80 
(1900); Reich. Vog. Afr. ili. p. 98 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. 
p. 303 (1905) ; Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn. U.i. p. 10 (1905) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. y. p. 481 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 340 (1910). 
Eggs of the Southern Grosbeak-Weaver are of an ordinary or 
rather long oval shape and without gloss. The ground varies from 
white to creamy-white or pinkish-white. Some eggs are rather 
heavily marked all over the shell with spots and dots of pinkish- 
brown or maroon and lilac-grey ; in others the markings take the 
form of minute dots, which become rather dense towards the larger 
end where they form a sort of cap. Some again have but few 
markings, and these are almost entirely confined to the larger end, 
while others are sparingly marked with small reddish-brown spots 
scattered over the entire shell. They measure from ‘82 to -86 in 
length, and from ‘61 to °65 in breadth. 
