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Genus LEPIDOPYGIA, 



All the species of this genus appear to lay pure white eggs, 

 devoid of gloss. 



Lepidopygia poensis (Fmser). 



Sperinestes poensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 262 (1890; ; Reich. 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 152 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 164 (1905). 

 Lipidopygia poensis, Skarpe t Hatil-l. v. p. 425 (1909). 



Four eggs are of a moderately long oval form ; they average 

 55 by -4. 



4. Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, llth Subscribers to Fernando Po 

 Jan. (C. E. Seimund). Exped. [P.]. 



Lepidopygia nana (Pucher.}. 



Spermestes nana, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; 

 Milne-Edivards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 455, 

 pi. 304. fig. 10 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 266 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Cat. Eiersamml. p. 125 (1899) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 174 

 (1905). 



Lepidopygia nana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 42G (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 331 (1910). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Mannakin are of a regular oval form 

 They measure from '55 to *59 in length, and from -41 to '44 in 

 breadth. 



Messrs. Milne-Edwards and Grandidier (I. c.) describe and figure 

 the eggs of this bird as green spotted with brown. 



4. Madagascar. W. Radcliffa Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Madagascar ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.], 



5. Tamala, Madagascar (W.D.C.: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus SPERMESTES, Siuains. 



Spermestes cucullatus, Swains. 



Spermestes cucullata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 204 (1890) ; 



Re?idall, Ibis, 1892, p. 221 ; Kmchel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 340 ; Reich. 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 149 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 167 (1905) ; 



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

 Spermestes cucullatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 426 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of Swainson's Bronze Mannakin is of 

 a perfect oval shape, and pure white devoid of gloss. It measures 

 5 by -41. 



1. [West Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



