321 



It measures -f)f) by '44. This specimen agrees exactly with Iho 

 description and measurements given by Nehrkorn. 



1. Zanzibar. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyromelana capensis (Linn.). 

 (Plate XLV. fig. 6.) 



Pu-omelana capensis, Sharpe, cd. Layard, Birth S. Africa, p. 463 

 (1875-84): id., Cat. Birth B. If. xiii. p. 236 (1800)'; Kehrk. Kat. 

 Eienamml. p. 124 (1899), p. 330 (1910); Stark, Fauna S. Aft:, 

 Bird*, i. p. 130 H900) ; Shelley, Birds Air. iv. p. 73 (1905) ; Sharpe. 

 Hand-L v. p. 416 (1909). 



Orynx capensis, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 337. 



Euplectes capensis, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 126 (1904). 



Eggs of the Black- and- Yellow Bishop-bird are almost elliptical 

 in shape, the two ends being bnt very slightly dissimilar ; they are 

 somewhat glossy. They are of a pale-green colour, thickly blotched 

 and streaked with ash-brown and pale pnrplish-grey. The markings 

 are more or less confluent over the whole shell. They measure 

 from '75 to -88 in length, and from *58 to '63 in breadth. 



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



2. South Africa. J. D. S. Parry-Evans, Esq. [P.], 



3. South Africa (E. L. Z.). Crowley Bequest. 



Pyromelana approximans (Cahanis}. 



PyromeLina minor (Rcichenb.), Sharpe, Cat. Birch B. M. xiii. p. 238 



(1890). 



Euplectes capensis approximans, Reich. Vo<j. Afr. iii. p. 127 (1904). 

 Pyromelana capensis minor, Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905). 

 Pyromelana approximaus, Shnrpe, Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909). 



One egg of the Lesser Black-and- Yellow Bishop-bird is similar 

 in shape, colour, and markings to some of ihose of P. wpensis. 

 It measures -8 by -56. 



1. Highlands, Natal, 27th Dec. Mrjor R. Sparrow [E.]. 



Pyromelana taha (Smith). 

 (Plate XIV 7 . fig. 5.) 



Euplectes taha, Gurney, in Anderssorfs Birds Damaral. p. 171 (1872 j. 

 Pyromelana taha, Sharpe, eel. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 465 (1875-84); 



id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 242 (1890); Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, 



p. 337; Stark, Fauna S. Af>'., Birds, i. p. 128 (1900); Reivh. 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 114 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 84 (1905) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-L \. p. 417 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 330 



(1910). 



Eggs of the Taha Bishop-bird are of a regular or slightly 

 pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They are greyish-white, 

 with minute dots and a few small spots of purplish-black thinly 



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