366 PLOCEIDJS. 



3. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Dec. 13. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.j. 



(L. Palmer). 



3. Natal, Nov. Major R. Sparrow [E 



Natal, Nov. Major K. Sparrow [E. 



Uingeui River, Natal, 3rd Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E. 



Umgeni River, 3rd Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.j 



Amblyospiza unicolor (Fischer Reichenow). 

 (Plate XV. fig. 16.) 



Pyrenestes unicolor, Fischer, J.f. O. 1873, p. 283 ; 1880, p. 193. 

 Amblvospiza unicolor, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 503 (1890) ; 



Kmchel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 336; Reich. Voa. Afr. iii. p. 99 (1904); 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 306 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 481 



(1909; ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 340 (1910). 



Eggs of the Black Grosbeak- Weaver resemble those of A. albi- 

 frons. Two are sparingly marked with reddish-brown on a pinkish- 

 white ground ; one is very handsomely marked, being heavily 

 blotched round the larger end with purplish-red. They measure 

 respectively : -83 by -59 ; -88 by -(51 ; -95 by -63. 



3. East Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Amblyospiza melanonota 



Amblyospiza melanonota, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 504 (1890) ; 

 Rei'-h. Voa. Afr. iii. p. 100 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 307 

 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 481 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 340 (1910) ; Offttvie-Grrant) Trans. Zool. Sue. xix. p. 282, pi. xix. 

 tigs. 15 & 16 (1910). 



Egga of Heuglin's Grosbeak- Weaver resemble those of A. albi- 

 frons ; one set of three eggs has the ground-colour pale pinkish- 

 white, spotted, especially towards the larger end, with maroon-red ; 

 a second set of two eggs has the ground-colour pale reddish-white, 

 marked all over with spots of light red. They measure from *85 

 to '95 in length, and from '58 to -6 in breadth. 



2. Moukia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 



17th Mny (D. Carruthers}. Exped. [P.]. 



3 Moukia. 22nd May (Hon.GeraldLeqge). Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 



Exped. [P.]. 



Amblyospiza capitalba 



Amblyospiza capitalba, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. J/. xiii. p. 504 (1890) ; 



Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 101 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 309 



(1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 481 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 340 (1910). 

 Amblyospiza saturata, Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 353 5 Grant, in Bates, Ibis, 



1909, p. 48. 



