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Genus ftUELEA, E 



Quelea erythrops (Hartl.). 



Quelea erythrops, Slmrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 255 (1890) : 



J. f. O. 1895, p. 336; Re.i<h. Vog. Afr. iii. p. Ill (1904); Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. iv. p. 117 (1905) ; 'Skarpe, Hand-l v. p. 422 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eicrsamml. p. 331 (1910). 



An egg of the Dark-throated Dioch is of a rather short oval 

 shape and almost devoid of gloss. It is dull olive-green with fine 

 scattered spots of a darker shade, most numerous towards the larger 

 end. It measures -7 by '55. 



1. West Africa (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



duelea cardinalis (Hartl.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 11.) 



Ilvphantica cardinalis, Hartl. Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 102 



(1881) ; Fischer, Zeit. ges. Orn. i. p. 328 (1884). 

 Quelea cardinalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 256 (1890); Reich. 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 112 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 119 ;i90o) ; 



Kharpe, Hand-/, v. p. 423 (1809) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 331, 



pi. iii. fig. 34 (1910). 



Eggs of the Cardinal Dioch vary in shape from a rather short 

 oval to a pointed oval, and exhibit a certain amount of gloss. The 

 ground-colour is greenish-white or white more or less thickly 

 spotted all over the shell with reddish-brown or purplish-brown and 

 underlying spots and small blotches of grey. They vary in size 

 from '67 to '72 in length, and from -47 to *5 in breadth. 



4. Njemps, B. E. Africa, 16th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



1. Njemps, 16th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



2. Njemps, 19th Sept. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 2. Njemps, 19th Sept. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



1. Nandi, B. E. Africa, 7th May. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



duelea quelea (Linn.). 



Quelea quelea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 257 (1890) ; Shelley. 



Birds Afr. iv. p. Ill (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 423 (1909). 

 Quelea sangiiinirostris, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 108 (1904). 



Two eggs of the Black-fronted Dioch laid in captivity are of 

 a short wide oval shape, devoid of gloss and pure white. They 

 measure respectively : *75 by '6, and *68 by '55. 



Dr. Reichenow describes an egg, also laid in captivity, as being 

 pale blue with small reddish-brown and grey spots. It measured 

 .81 by -55. 



2. Laid in captivity (7. J. Weir). Crowley Bequest. 



