212 FRINGILLID^E. 



Polioepiza albigularis, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 252 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l v. p. 254 (1908). 



Pour eggs of the "White-throated Finch closely resemble the eggs 

 Serinus sulphuratus. Two examples are spotted with chocolate- 

 brown only ; two others are marked both with chocolate-brown and 

 with lilac. They measure respectively : -81 by '55 ; *79 by '6 ; 



85 by -58 ; -8 by -6. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Poliospiza crocopygia (Sharpe). 

 (Plate X. fig. 10.) 



Serinus crocopygius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds E. M. xii. p. 360 (1888; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 222 (1902). 

 Poliospiza crocopygia, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 253 (1904) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 254 (1908).' 



Five eggs of the Damaraland White-throated Finch are of a 

 rather wide and somewhat pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. 

 The ground- colour is white, with spots, blotches, and irregular 

 markings of deep chocolate, umber-brown, and faint underlying 

 lilac-grey, arranged in a ring round the larger end. They measure 

 from '74 to '81 in length, and from '58 to '59 in breadth. 



5. Otjimbinque, Damaraland, 12th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. J. Andersson : Tristram Coll.]. 



Poliospiza leucopygia (Sundev.). 



Serinus leucopygius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 366 (1888) ; Shelley, 



Birds Afr. iii. p. 216 (1902). 

 Poliospiza leucopygia, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 255 (1904) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 255 (1908). 



Two eggs of the White-rumped Canary laid in captivity are of a 

 long oval shape and slightly glossy. Both are white : one is 

 sparingly marked about the larger end with very small spots and 

 dots of blackish-brown ; in the other the markings are indicated 

 by very minute dots. They measure respectively -64 by -44 and 

 65 by -43. 



2. Laid in captivity. Crowley Bequest. 



Poliospiza gularis (Smith). 



Poliospiza gularis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 482 (1875- 84) ; 

 id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 343 (1888); Nehrk. Eat. Eier- 

 samnil. p. 109 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 165 (1900) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 226 (1902) ; Reichenoic, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 258 

 (1904) ; Shurpe, Hand-l. v. p. 256 (19C8). 



Four eggs of the Streaky-headed Seed-eater are of a somewhat 



