ORTl'tiOSPIZA. LAGONOSTICTA. 



Ortygospiza atricollis 



p. 331 (1910). 



An egg of Yieillot's Bar-breasted Mannakin measures -5 by -44. 

 1. West Africa, (Xehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HtfPARGUS, Reichenb. 



Hy par gas margaritatus (Strickl.). 



Lagonosticta margaritata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 275 (1890) : 



Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 158 (1904). 



Ilypargos margaritatus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 240 (1905). 

 11 vpargus margaritatus, C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 00 (1908) ; Sharpe. 



Hand- 1. v. p. 428 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of Strickland's Twin-spot is of a regular 

 oval shape and pure white. It measures '58 by -44. 



1. [S.E. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LAGONOSTICTA, Cab. 



Eggs of the various species of Fire -Finch are of a regular oval 

 shape, pure white and somewhat glossy. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps, 



Lnir'Uiosticta brunneiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 277 (1890) j 



Stark, Fauna S. Afr. Birds, i. p. 94 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. 



p. 196 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 258 (1905) j Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v. p. 429 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 331 (1910). 

 Lagonosticta minima, Heuyl. (nee Vieill.) Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 612 



(1870) ; Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 339. 



Eggs of the Brown-capped Fire-Finch, also called the Little 

 lluddy "VVaxbill, vary from -57 to '6 in length, and from -43 to -45 

 in breadth. 



4. Harrar, S. Abyssinia, June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [C.]. 



2. Ondonga, Ovampoland, 29th Mar. Crowley Bequest. 

 (C.J.Andersson: Tristram Coll.). 



