360 PLOCEID^J. 



the markings are very faint and merely indicated by indistinct 

 cloudings of a darker shade. They vary in length from '73 to '83, 

 and in width from '53 to "57. 



7. E. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Sitagra xanthoptera, Finsch $ Hartl. 

 (Plate XV. figs. 11 &12.) 



Hyphantornis xanthopterus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 4 14 (1890). 

 Ploceus xanthopterus, Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 94 (1904). 

 Xanthophilus xanthopterus, Shelley ,' Birds Afr. iv. p. 469 (1905). 

 Sitagra xanthoptera, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 477 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 339 (1910). 



The eggs of the Yellow-winged Weaver-Pinch are of an elongate 

 oval shape, frequently almost elliptical, glossy, and of many types 

 of coloration. In one type, they are of an olive-green colour; in 

 a second, they are almost uniform chestnut-brown ; in a third, 

 they have the ground-colour pale-buff covered by a dense freckling 

 of chestnut-brown ; in a fourth the eggs are grey, very thickly 

 speckled all over with pale chestnut. They are very uniform in size, 

 measuring from '8 to '86 in length, and from -56 to -6 in breadth. 



10. Ruo River, British Central Africa, A. B. Percival, Esq. [C.]. 

 Feb. 



Sitagra galbula (Rtipp.}. 

 (Plate XV. figs. 14 & 15.) 



Hyphantornis galbula, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 557 (1870); 



Yerbury, Ibis, 1886, p. 18; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 442 



(1890) ;' Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 331. 

 Ploceus galbula, Reich, Voy. Afr. iii. p. 95 (1904). 

 Xanthophilus galbula, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 474 (1905). 

 Sitagra galbula, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 477 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 339 (1910). 



The eggs of the Golden Weaver-Finch are of an elongate oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are of two types : those with the 

 ground pale blue, and those with the ground white or creamy-white. 

 The pale blue eggs are either thickly speckled and spotted with 

 lilac and pale reddish-brown, or marked with numerous specks and 

 some spots of dark chocolate-brown or purplish-black and under- 

 lying pale purple. The white or cream-coloured eggs are either 

 heavily blotched and spotted with light red and purplish-grey, or 

 more finely marked with small spots and dots of purplish-brown 

 and lilac-grey. They measure from '8 to '88 in length, and from 

 54 to '6 in breadth. 



3. Lahej, Aden, 15th April. Col. J. W. Yerbury [P.]. 



1. Keren, Bogosland (Th. Hevglin). Crowley Bequest. 



