PITAORA. 353 



(187"> S.I); Marpc, Cut. Itinh />. .Tf. xiii. p. 408 (1890); Kuschel, 

 J. f. 0. IS!)-", p. :',:;i : Mark, F<nnm S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 60 (1900) ; 

 Shelley, Hird* Afr. iv. p. 416 (1905): Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 471 

 (1909) ; Xe/trlt. Kat. Eicrsamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Eggs of the Spotted-backed Weaver-Finch vary from a regular 

 oval to an elongate narrow oval shape, and are without gloss. 

 They are of two distinct types : those with the ground greenish- 

 blue and those with the ground white. Each type is either plain 

 or profusely freckled all over with small blotches or very small 

 spots of pale purplish-red and lilac. They vary in length from '88 

 to 1-03, and in width from -63 to -67. 



21. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, B. E. Jupp, Esq. [0.]. 



Jan. (L. Palmer}. 

 3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C." 





Stangei, Natal, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow 



Stanger, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow 



Stanger, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow 



Stauger, 22nd Oct. Major R. Sparrow 



Stanger, 22nd Oct. Major R. Sparrow 



Pondoland. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SITAGRA, Eeichenb. 

 Sitagra aliena, 



Sitagra aliena, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 21 (1902) ; Sharps, Hand-L 

 v. p. 472 (1909) ; Oyiluie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 279, pi. xix. 

 fig. 18 (1910). 



Ploceus alienus, Reich. V<iy. Afr. iii. p. 68 (1904). 



11 yplianturgtis alienus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 392 (1905). 



Two eggs of the Alien Weaver-Finch are of a long oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. The ground is creamy-white, thickly speckled 

 with brick-red and with a few underlying spots of lavender-grey. 

 They measure respectively : -93 by -58 ; and -88 by -59. 



2. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 

 6000 -ft., 23rd Jan. (I). Car- Exped. [P.]. 



rut hers). 



Sitagra jacksoni, Shelley. 



Hyphantornis dinridiatus, Sharpe (nee Antin. fy Salvad.), Cat. Birds 



B. M. xiii. p. 459 (1890). 

 Ploceus jacksoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293 ; Reich. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 68 



(1904). 

 Hyphantornis jacksoni, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 333 ; Shelley, Birds Afr. 



iv. p. 435 (1905); Ogikie-Grant, Trans. Zool Soc. xix. p. 276, 



pi. xix. figs. 2 & 4 (1910). 

 Sitagra jacksoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 472 (1909) j Kehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 337 (1910). 



Eggs of Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver-Finch are of a blunt 

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