350 PLOCEIDJ5. 



Xanthophilus aurantius, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 472 (1905). 

 Hyphanturgus aurantius, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 468 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Ten eggs of the Orange Weaver-Finch taken by Mr. Jackson at 

 Entebbe are of a rather long oval shape and without gloss. They 

 present two different types of coloration. In one clutch the ground 

 is pale blue, rather thickly marked all over with spots and small 

 blotches of dull purplish and lilac. In the other four clutches the 

 ground, which is mostly obscured, varies from pale greenish-bnfF 

 to grejish, and is more or less densely clouded or blotched and 

 spotted with purplish or dull chestnut and lilac. Some have the 

 markings more or less clearly denned, in others they are suffused. 

 They vary in length from -85 to -9, and in width from -55 to '59. 



2. Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.l. - 



f >- Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [0. '. 



2. Entebbe, 6th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.I 



2. Entebbe, 24th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J 



Genus MELANOPTERYX, Reichenow. 

 Melanopteryx nigerrima ( Vieill.). 



Melanopteryx nig-errima, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 476 (1890) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 362 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 469 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 

 Hyphantornis nigerrima, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 334. 

 Ploceus nigerrimus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 50 (1904). 



Eggs of Vieillot's Black Weaver-Finch vary in shape from a long 

 pointed oval to a rather wide pointed oval, one egg being pointed 

 at both ends. They are without gloss, and vary in colour from a 

 uniform very pale blue to pale blue. They vary in length from '82 

 to 1'03, and in breadth from '58 to -68. 



2. Entebbe, Uganda, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Eeq. [C.J, 



2. Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Entebbe, 13th Jan. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Entebbe, 18th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.I. 



2. Entebbe, 19th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



2. Entebbe, 19th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. r C.], 



2. Entebbe, 19th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



2. Entebbe, 19th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



2. Entebbe, 24th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



2. Entebbe, 24th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



3. Entebbe, 4th March. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 3. Entebbe, 4th March. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 2. Entebbe, 4th March. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 2. Entebbe, 9th March. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 1. Bimbi, Cameroon, 12th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



