318 PLOCEFPJ3. 



Genus UROBRACHYA, Bonap. 



Urobrachya axillaris (Smith}. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



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



Penthetria axillaris, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p, 461 

 (1875-84). 



Urobrachya axillaris, Butler, Fellden # Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 298 ; Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 224 (1890) ; St.ark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 

 i. p. 134 (1900); Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 129 (1904); Shelley, Birds 

 Afr. iv. p. 60 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 412 (1909) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 (1910). 



The eggs of the Red-shouldered Widow-bird are of a regular 

 oval shape and fairly glossy. They are bluish-green, blotched and 

 smeared with various shades of brown and pale lavender-grey. 

 The markings are more or less confluent at the large end and form 

 an irregular cap. They measure from '71 to '85 in length, and 

 from *53 to * 6 in breadth. 



3. Natal (T. Ayres). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [ C.]. 



4. Natal, Dec. Capt. Savile Reid [P.I 



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



3. Mooi River, 15th Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 

 3. Mooi River, 30th March. Major R. Sparrow [E.] 



Urobrachya phcenicea (Heugl.). 



Urobrachya phcenicea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 225 (1890) ; 



Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 338; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 130 (1904) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 413 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 



(1910). 

 Urobrachya axillaris, Kuschel (nee Smith), J.J. O. 1895, p. 337. 



Two eggs of Heuglin's Fan-tailed Widow-bird resemble those of 

 U. axillaris, but are smaller. They measure respectively : -7 by 

 52; -74 by -57. 



1. East Africa (Fischer). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [East Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PYROMELANA, Bonap. 



Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.). 

 Euplectes flammiceps, Fischer # Reich. J.f. O. 1878, p. 263. 



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Pyromelana flammiceps, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 337 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xiii. p. 228 (1890) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 118 (1904) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 104 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 414 

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 (1910). 



Eggs of the Eire-crowned Bishop-bird are of a regular oval form, 



