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pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. They are bluish-white, 

 and two are sparingly spotted at the broad end with deep chocolate- 

 brown, while the others are almost uniform. They measure 

 respectively : '73 by -55 ; '75 by -55; '78 by '58 ; and -83 by '57. 



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



2. Swelleudam, Cape Colony (T. At- Crowley Bequest. 

 more: Tristram Coll.). 



Poliospiza tristriata (Rlipp.). 



Poliospiza tristriata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 345 (1888) ; Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. iii. p. 229 (1902) ; Reichenoio, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 229 (1904) 

 Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 256 (1908). 



Two e<>-gs of Riippell's Seed-eater are of a regular oval shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. They resemble small eggs of Liyurinus 

 chloris, having the ground-colour pale greenish-white, with spots and 

 irregular markings of chocolate-brown and lilac-grey, mostly confined 

 to the larger end. They measure respectively *71 by '52 and 

 -72 by -53. 



2. Harar, Abyssinia, 10th June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [C.]. 



Genus SERINUS, Koch. 



Serinus canicollis (Swains.). 



Serinus canicollis, Sharpe, td. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 488 (1875-84) ; 



id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 350 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 110 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 168(1900) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 186 (1902) ; Reichenow, Voy. Afr. iii. 



p. 262 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 257 (J908,. 

 Crithagra canicollis, Butler, Feilden, Sf Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 301 . 



Eggs of the Cape Canary are of a pointed oval shape and possess 

 a small amount of gloss. They are white or very pale bluish-white, 

 speckled, almost entirely at the broader half, with lilac and purplish- 

 brown or deep chocolate-brown. They measure from *66 to '72 in 

 length, and from *49 to -51 in breadth. 



4. Cape Colony (E. L. Layard; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Cape Colony (Miss Dacres: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Mooi River, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.] 



3. Mooi River, 13th Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



4. Mooi River, Dec. Major R. Sparrow f E.'j. 

 7. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(T.Ayres: Tristram Coll.). 



