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smears of purplish-grey and are very prominent on some examples. 

 Five eggs measure from '75 to *8 in length, and from '53 to '56 in 

 breadth. 



3. Ajmere, Rajputana, India, 12th Hume Coll. 



Nov. (A. O. Hume}. 

 2. Ajmere, 16th Nov. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Fringillaria saharae (Levaill). 



Frin rillaria saharae, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 295 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xii. p. 563 (1838); Nehrk. Cat. Eiersamml. p. 113 (1899); 



Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 228 (1905) ; Sharpe. Hand-l v. p. 285 



(1909). 



Emberiza saharfe, Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, pt. i. p. 345 (1902). 

 Ernberiza striolata sahari, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 190 



(1904). 



Eggs of the House-Bunting resemble those of F. capensis described 

 above. Six eggs measure from '69 to -75 in length, and from '54 

 to '57 in breadth. 



1. El AlfBeni, Mzab, Algerian Sahara, Crowley Bequest. 



April (J. H. Gurney : Tristram 



Coll.}. 

 4. South Tunis, 17th May (P. Spatz). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Gafsa, S.Tunis, 26th May (P. S.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Fringillaria impetuani (Smith). 



Fringillaria impetuani, Layard, Ibis, 1868, p. 247 ; Gurney, in Anderss. 

 Birds Damaral p. 189 (1872); Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. 

 Africa, p. 489 (1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 563 (1888) ; 

 Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 190 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Africa, 

 iii. p. 159 (1902) ; Reichenow. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 292 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 285 (1909). 



Two eggs of the South-African Lark-Bunting in the Collection 

 are much the same as those of the other species of the genus. They 

 are of a broad blunt oval shape and slightly glossy. The ground- 

 colour is white, finely spotted all over with brown and violet-grey. 

 One egg measures '69 by '52. 



Layard gives the measurements as '7 by '55, and Stark as '72 

 by -6: 



2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 

 Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 



