366 PLOCEID®. 
3. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Dec. B. EK. Jupp, Esq. [C.}. 
(L. Palmer). 
3. Natal, Nov. Major R. Sparrow [F.]. 
3. Natal, Nov. Major R. Sparrow [ E. ]. 
3. Umeeni River, Natal, 3rd Dec. Major R. Sparrow | I. ]. 
3. Umgeni River, 3rd Dec. Major R. Sparrow _;E. j. 
Amblyospiza unicolor ( Fischer § Ieichenow). 
(Plate XV. fig. 16.) 
Pyrenestes unicolor, L%scher, J. f. O. 1873, p. 283 ; 1880, p. 193. 
Amblyospiza unicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 503 (1890) ; 
Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 836; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 99 (1904) ; 
Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 806 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 481 
(1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 340 (1910). 
Eggs of the Black Grosbeak-Weaver resemble those of A. albi- 
frons. Two are sparingly marked with reddish-brown on a pinkish- 
white ground; one is very handsomely marked, being heavily 
blotched round the larger end with purplish-red. ‘They measure 
respectively: *33 by ‘59; °88 by -615; °95 by °63. 
3. East Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
_Amblyospiza melanonota (//eug/.). 
Amblyospiza melanonota, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 504 (1890) ; 
Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 100 (1904); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 307 
(1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 481 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p. 840 (1910); Ogivie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 282, pl. xix. 
figs, 16 & 16 (1910). 
Eggs of Heuglin’s Grosbeak-Weaver resemble those of A. albi- 
frous; one set of three eggs has the ground-colour pale pinkish- 
white, spotted, especially towards the larger end, with maroon-red ; 
a second set of two eggs has the ground-colour pale reddish-white, 
marked all over with spots of light red. They measure from ‘85 
to ‘95 in length, and from °58 to °6 in breadth. 
2, Moukia, S.E. Rauwenzori, 5400 ft., Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 
17th May (D. Carruthers). Exped. [/P.]. 
3. Moukia,22nd May (Hon. Gerald Legge). Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 
Iexped. [ P.}. 
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Amblyospiza capitalba (Bonap.). 
Amblyospiza capitalba, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 504 (1890); 
Reich. Vig. Afr. iii. p. 101 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 3809 
(1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 481 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. 
p. 340 (1910). 
Amblyospiza saturata, Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 853; Grant, in Bates, Ibis, 
1909, p. 48. 

