AMADINA. S'LIGANOrLEUKA. 329 



GCDUS AMADINA, Sivains. 



Amadina fasciata (Gmel.). 



A mndma fasciata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 289 (1880); Bufler, 

 Foreign Finches in Capt. p. 193 (1894); Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 339 ; 

 Nekrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 125 (1899), p. 331 (1910) ; lleich. Vby. 

 Afr. iii. p. 146 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 123 (1C05) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 432 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Banded Weaver-Finch or "Cut-throat" Finch 

 are of a very blunt oval form, devoid of gloss, and plain \\hite. 

 They measure -66 by -53. 



1. West Africa. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



'2. West Africa (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley liequtst. 



Amadina erythrocephala (Linn.). 



Amadina erythvocephala, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 467 

 (1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 290 (1890) ; 'Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 339 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 126 (1899), p. 331 

 (1910); Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds i. p. 118 (IfiOO) ; Reich. Yog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 147 (K04) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 126 (1905) j 

 Sparrow, J. S. Afr. O;n U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Roberts, J. S. Afr. 

 Orn. U. ii. p. 10 (1906); Test-hemaler, Avicult. Mag. iv. p. 354 

 (1906) j Sharpe, Hand-L v, p. 433 (1909). 



Three eggs of the lled-headcd Weaver- Finch are of a broad oval 

 form, devoid of gloss and plain white. They measure respectively : 

 75 by -6 ; -75 by -58 ; and '73 by -58. 



1 . Otjimbinque, Damaraland, 28th A ug. Crowley Bequest. 



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

 1. Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 19th Aug. Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.], 



(C. H. B. Grant}. 

 1. Laid in confinement. W. H. Beemau. Eq. [P.], 



Genus STEGANOPLEURA, Reiclunl. 



Steganopleura guttata (Shaw). 



Steganopleura gutt.ita, Gould, Handb. Birds Au.rtr. i. p. 417 (1865); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 433 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaihtnl. p. 332 

 (1910). 



North, Nests $ Eyys Austr. Birds, ii. p. 268 (1909). 



Eggs of the Spotted-sided Finch are white and of a very broad 

 oval shape. They measure from -65 to '75 in length, and from 

 52 to -55 in breadth. 



7. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



8. New South Wnles (E. P. Ramsay). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Dobroyde near Sydney (E. P. Jtt. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 r>. Canteihury near Sydney, 21st Oct. A. J. North, Esq. [P.]. 



