SFOR-IIGINXniTS. MUNIA. 333 



Sporaeginthus melpodus ( Vidtt.). 



Sporaeffintlnis melpodus, ftfmrjw, Cot. /Urdu If. M. xiii. p. 325 (1890) ; 



Kuschd, J. f. O. 1895, p. 339 ; Butler, Foreign Finches in Captivity, 



p. 110 (1895) ; ShariK, Hund-l. v. p. 439 (1909). 

 Kstrelda mariposa (sic), Kendall^ Ibis, 1892, p. 221. 

 Estrilda melpoda, Iteich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 186 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds 



Afr. iv. p. 202 (1905). 



An egg of the Orange-checked Waxbill is of a rather narrow oval 

 shape, and dull white. It measures -58 hy -36. 



1. Laid in captivity (Dr. Kutter). Growl ey Bequest. 



Genus MUNIA, Hodcjs. 



The eggs laid hy the various species of this genus resemble those 

 of the species of Sporasginihut, being usually of a somewhat pointed 

 oval shape, pure white, and devoid of gloss. 



Munia orizivora (Linn.}. 



Mania orizivora, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 328 (1890) ; Gates, 

 ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 128 (1890) ; id, Fauna 

 Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 182 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. \. p. 439 

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



Padda oryzivora, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 148 (1905). 



Two eggs of the Java Sparrow are of a regular oval form, devoid 

 of gloss, and pure white. They measure respectively : '77 by -53 ; 

 68 by -65. 



2. West Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Munia malacca (Linn.}. 



Munia malacca, Leqqe, Birds Ceylon, p. 652 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 330 (1890) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 182 

 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests # Eggs 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 126 (1890) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 440 (1909)': Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 332 

 (1910). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Munia measure from '57 to '72 in 

 length, and from *44 to -5 in breadth. 



23. Belgaum, India (E. A. Butler}. Hume Coll. 



13. Belgaum, 2nd Sept. (E. A. B.), Hume Coll. 



7. Belgaum, 7th Sept. (E. A. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Bund&ra, C. Provs., 19th July Hume Coll. 



(F. R. Blewitt}. 



3. Pathanore, Madras, 28th Oct. Hume Coll. 



(A. G. B. Theobald}. 



1. Wynaad, S. India, 5lh Dec. Hume Coll. 



3. [Southern India.] Crowley Bequest. 



