212 FKINGHIID.'E. 



Koliospiza albigularis, Reichenow, For/. Afr. iii. p. 2o2 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Handr-l. v. p. 254 (1908). 



Four eggs of the White-throated Finch closel}' resemble the eggs 



Serinus svlphui-atus. Two examples are spotted with chocolate- 



hrown only ; two others are marked both with chocolate-brown and 



with lilac. They measure respectively : ' -81 by "55 ; '79 by '6 ; 



•85 by -58 ; -8 by -6. 



4. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Poliospiza crocopygia (Sharpe). 

 (Plate X. fig. 10.) 



Serinus crocopygius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 300 (1888; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 222 (1902). 

 Poliospiza crocopygia, Reiahenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 253 (1904) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 254 (1908). 



Five eggs of the Damaraland White-throated Finch are of a 

 rather wide and somewhat pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. 

 The ground-colour is white, with spots, blotches, and irregular 

 markings of deep chocolate, umber-brown, and faint underlying 

 lilac-grey, arranged in a ring round the larger end. They measure 

 from '74 to -81 in length, and from '58 to 'SO in breadth. 



5. Otj imbinque, Damaraland, 12th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. J. Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 



Poliospiza leucopygia (Sundev.). 



Serinus leucopygius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 366 (1888) ; Shelley, 



Birds Afr. iii. p. 216 (1902). 

 Poliospiza leucop-\'gia, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 256 (1904) ; Sharpe, 



Band-l.Y.-p.'-2oli{1908). 



Two eggs of the White-rumped Canary laid in captivity are of a 

 long oval shape and slightly glossy. Both are white : one is 

 sparingly marked about the larger end with very small spots and 

 dots of blackish-brown ; in the other the markings are indicated 

 by very minute dots. They measure respectively -64 by -44 and 

 •65 by -43. 



2. Laid in captivity. Crowley Bequest. 



Poliospiza gularis (Smith). 



Poliospiza gularis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 482 (1875- 84) ; 

 id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 343 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samnd. p. 109 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 165 (1900) j 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 226 (1902) ; Beichenoic.Voo. Afr. iii. p. 268 

 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 256 (1908). 



Four eggs of the Streaky-headed Seed-eater are of a somewhat 



