332 PLOCGIDyE. 



Genus SPORJE&INTHUS, Cab. 



The eggs of the Manias of this genus are typically of an elongate 

 pointed oval form, devoid of gloss, and plain white. 



Sporaeginthus am:ndava (Linn.). 



Sporaeginthus amandava, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 320 (1890) ; 

 Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 192 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, 

 Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 147 (1893); Betham, Journ. Bom. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 781 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 439 (1909; ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p/332 (1910). 



Eggs of the Indian Bed Munia measure from -55 to '65 in 

 length, and from -4 to *45 in breadth. 



1. India (Capt. C. R. Cock : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



17. Kaipur, C. Provs., India (F. R. Hume Coll. 



Bleivitt). 



1. Saugor, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



3. Nilghiri Hills, May. Hume Coll. 



Sporaeginthus flavidiventris ( Wallace). 



Sporaeginthus flavidiventris, Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 323 

 (1890); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 193 (189'J) ; id., ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 149 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 \. p. 439 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 332 (1910;. 



The eggs of the Burmese Ked Munia are inseparable from those 

 of S. amandava. 



5. Pegu, 2nd Nov. (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 15th Nov. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



5. Pegu, 12th Dec. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Sporaeginthus subflavus ( Vieill.). 



Spora3giiithus subflavus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 324 (1890) ; 



Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 339 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 439 (1909) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 332 (1910). 

 Estrelda snbfiava, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 186 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds 



Afr. iv. p. 207 (1905). 



An egg of the Northern Zebra Waxbill is of a rather pointed 

 oval shape and without gloss. It is pure white, and measures -61 

 by -4. 



1. West Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



