210 



indistinct cap. Five examples measure from -8 to -84 in length, 

 and from '6 to '64 in breadth. 



5. Algeria (Locke). Seebohm Coll. 



Passer swainsoni (Rupp.). 



Parser swainsoiii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 334 (1888) ; Reichenow, 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 228 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 252 (1908). 

 Passer diffusus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 251 (1902) [part,]. 



Five eggs of Swainson's Sparrow resemble some of those of 

 P. domesticus. They measure from *79 to '8 in length, and from 

 58 to -62 in breadth. 



1. N.E. Africa (Nehrkom CoU.\ Crowley Bequest. 



4. Harar, S. Abyssinia, 16th June. Mr. P.'Zaphiro [C.]. 



Genus ALARIO, Bonap. 



Alario alario (Linn.}. 



(Plate X. fig. 15.) 



Alario alario, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 346 (1888) ; Stark, 

 Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 179 (1900); Hetchenow, Voy.Afr.iu.. 

 p. 246 (1904) [part.] ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 253 (1908). 



Serinus alario, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 213 (1902). 



Eight eggs of tbe Mountain Canary vary in shape from a broad 

 to a somewhat pointed oval and are almost devoid of gloss. They 

 are white or pale bluish-white with small scattered spots, scrolls, 

 and streaks of chocolate-brown and reddish-lilac, these markings 

 being almost entirely confined to the larger end. They measure 

 from *61 to -66 in length, and from '46 to '48 in breadth. 



8. Pondoland, S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Alario leucolaema, Sharpe. 



Alario leucolsema, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. no. xcix. p. 80 (1903) ; id., 

 Hand-l v. p. 253 (1908). 



Five eggs of the Western Mountain Canary are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. They are much like those 

 of A. alario but larger, and the markings are of a deep chocolate- 

 brown. In one specimen most of the markings take the form of 

 fine interlaced lines and tracings, forming a zone round the larger 

 end. They vary from -68 to '78 in length, and from -45 to '54 in 

 breadth. 



6. Namaqualand, S.W. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



