SYCOBROTUS. OT1IYPIIANTES. 347 



Genus SYCOBROTUS, Calanis. 



Sycobrotus gregalis (Licht.). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 



Sycobrotus bicolor, Sharps, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 432 (1875-84) 

 Sharpe (nee VieilL), Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 422 (1890); Stark, 

 Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 72 (1900) ; Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. 

 \. p. 9 (1906) ; Xehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 336 (1910). 



Ploceus gregalis, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 32 (1904). 



Sycobrotus grejralis, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 306 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 v. p. 463 (1909). 



Twelve eggs of the Black-backed Weaver-bird differ but little in 

 colour, shape, and markings. They are of a rather long oval shape, 

 with little or no gloss. The ground-colour is pale blue or pale 

 greenish-blue, profusely spotted all over the shell with light red and 

 lilac-grey, the markings varying from the size of a pin's head to 

 minute dots. They vary in length from -85 to '91, and in breadth 

 from -6 to -62. 



3. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Dec. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



(L. Palmer). 



1. Blaauw Krantz, 11th Dec. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C." 



4. Blaauw Krantz, Jan. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C/ 

 1. Blaauw Krantz, 2ud Jan. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [U. 

 3. Ilowieson's Poort, near Grahams- B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C. 



town, 3rd Dec. 



Genus OTHYPHANTES, Shelley. 



Otiiyphantes reichenowi (Fischer). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 9.) 



Ileterhyphantes reichenowi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 418 



(1890). 



Ploceus reichenowi, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 28 (1904). 

 Otiiyphantes reichenowi, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 451 (1905) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 465 (1909;. 



The eggs of Reichenow's Weaver-Finch are of a rather long oval 

 form and devoid of gloss. The ground is pale pinkish white, with 

 small blotches and spots of light red and lilac-grey scattered over the 

 entire shell, but rather more numerous towards the larger end. 

 They measure respectively : '89 by *6, and '85 by *6. 



2. Busoga, B. E. Africa, 10th May. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



