348 PLOCEIDJS. 



Genus HETERHYPHANTES, Sharpe. 



Heterhyphantes melanoxanthus (Cab,}. 



Jleterliyphantes melanoxanthus, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 416 

 (1890) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 383 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. 

 p. 467 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 336 (1910). 



Symplectes melanoxanth.ua, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 334. 



Ploceus melanoxanthus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 43 (1904). 



Two eggs of Cabanis' Black-and-Yellow Weaver-Finch are of 

 a rather long pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. The ground 

 is white, blotched and spotted almost entirely towards the larger 

 end with dull purplish-red and lilac-grey. They measure respec- 

 tively : -83 by -55, and -80 by -55. 



2. Witu, B.E. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Heterhyphantes nigricollis (Vieill.}. 

 (Plate XIV. figs. 14 & 15.) 



Heterhyphantes nigricollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 415 

 (1890) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 381 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. \. 

 p. 467 (1909). 



Symplectes nigricollis (Vieill.), Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 335. 



Ploceus nigricollis, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 44 (1904). 



One egg of Yieillot's Black-and-Yellow Weaver-Finch is of a 

 somewhat elongate oval shape and slightly glossy. The ground- 

 colour is pale greenish-blue, with small and rather blurred spots of 

 reddish-brown and faint violet-grey scattered all over the shell, 

 but rather more numerous towards the larger end. It measures 

 85 by -58. 



Two eggs collected by Mr. Bates have the ground pinkish-white, 

 and are finely freckled all over with small spots and dots of pale 

 light red and lilac-grey, the markings being most numerous at the 

 larger end. They measure respectively : '83 by '6, and '75 

 by -58. 



1 (from clutch of 3). IVDallo Tando, Dr. W. J. Ansorge [C.]. 



N. Angola, 21st Dec. 



2. Bitye, River Ja, Cameroon, 22nd G. L. Bates, Esq. [C.]. 

 May. 



Genus HYPHANTURGrUS, Cabanis. 



Hyphanturgus ocularius (Smith). 



(Plate XIV. figs. 18, 19, & 20.) 



Ploceus ocularius, Gumey, Ibis, 1862, p. 37 ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 45 

 (1904). 



