DIATROPUKA. - COLIOSTKUTHUS. iU7 



and somewhat glossy. The ground-colour is pale greenish-white, 

 spotted and blotched all over with olive-brown, or brown and grey, 

 soiretimes forming a zone or cap at the larger end. In soruo 

 specimens the markings are smaller and less numerous and much 

 of the ground-colour is visible. Others ore very heavily marked. 

 They vary in length from -81 to -88, and in breadth from -62 

 to -05. 



3. Transvaal (T. Ayres : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Co//.). 



2. Johannesburg, 12th Dec. C. C. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 



kop, Orange .River Colony, Major R. Sparrow [E,]. 

 25th Nov. 



3. Doornkop, Orange River Colony, Major R. Sparrow 

 25th Nov. 



0. Mooi River, Natal, Dec. Major R, Sparrow [E.]. 



1. Estcourt, Natal, Hlh Jan. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. [I 

 1. Ereie, Griqualand East, 25th Dec. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. [1 



Genus COLIOSTRUTHUS, Sunclev. 



Coliostruthus ardens (BodcL). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Vidua rubritorques, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 211. 



Yulua ardens, Sharpe, ed. Laijard, Birds S. Africa, p. 455 (1875-84) : 



f It. B. $ I. D. S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 410. 

 Pentketria ardens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 215 (1890). 

 Coliopasser ardens, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 142 (1900) ; Sparrow f 



J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Ellemon, t. c. p. 18, pi. iii. ; 



Bucknill 8f Gronvold, t. c. ii. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 (1906). 

 Coliuspasper ardens, Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 135 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds 



Afr. iv. p. 40 (1905). 

 Coliostruthus ardens, Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 410 (1909); Nehrh. Kat. 



Eiersamml p. 329 (1910). 



Eggs of the Red-collared Widow-bird are of a regular oval shape 

 and distinctly glossy. They are bluish-green, finely spotted and 

 mottled, especially towards the larger end, with pale umber-brown 

 and lavender-grey. In some specimens the markings are somewhat 

 larger arid form small blotches. They vary from *72 to '76 in 

 length, and from *54 to *55 in breadth. 



The little white-speckled eggs attributed to this species by 

 Messrs. Woodward have no doubt been incorrectly identified (t. c.). 



?.. Willow Grange, Natal, 30th Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



2. Highlands, Natal, 23rd Dec. Major R. Sparrow f E.]. 



2. Kareiga, Cape Colony, Nov. (B. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [0.1 

 E.J.). 



2. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Nov. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.I. 



(L. Palmer}. 



3. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.I. 

 2. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. I 0.1, 

 2. Blaauw Krantz, Jan. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



