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pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. They are bluish-white, 

 and two are sparingly spotted at the broad end with deep chocolate- 

 brown, while the others are alnaost uniform. They measure 

 respectively : -73 by -55 ; -75 by -55 ; -78 by -58 ; and -83 by -57. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq^. [P.]. 



2. Swellendain, Cape Colony (r. ^<- Crowley Bequest. 

 more : Tristram Coll. ). 



Poliospiza tristriata {Rupp.). 



Poliospiza tristriata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. .345 (1888) ; Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. iii. p. 229 (1902) ; Ueichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 229 (1904) 

 Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 256 (1908). 



Two e,2,'gs of Riippell's Seed-eater are of a regular oval shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. They resemble small eggs of Liyurinus 

 chloris, having the ground-colour pale greenish-white, with spots and 

 irregular markings of chocolate-brown and lilac-grey, mostly confined 

 to the larger end. They measure respectively "71 by "52 and 

 •72 by -53. 



2. Harar, Abyssinia, 10th .Tune. Mr. P. Zaphiro [0.]. 



Genus SEUINUS, Koch. 



Seriaus canicoUis (Swains.). 



Serinus cauicoUis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 488 (1875-84) ; 



id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 350 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 110 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 168(1900) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 186 (1902) ; Meichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. 



p. 2Gii (1904) ; Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 257 (J908i. 

 Crithagra canicollis, Butler, Feilden, ^ Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 801 . 



Eggs of the Cape Canary are of a pointed oval shape and possess 

 a small amount of gloss. They are white or very pale bluish-white, 

 speckled, almost entirely at the broader half, with lilac and purplish- 

 brown or deep chocolate-brown. They measure from '66 to "72 in 

 length, and from "49 to -51 in breadth. 



4. Cape Colony {E. L. Layard; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Cape Colony {Miss Dacres: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Mooi River, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.] 



3. Mooi Kiver, 13ih Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.j. 



4. Mooi River, Dee. Major R. Sparrow [E.j. 

 7. Potohefstroom, Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



i^T. Ayres : Tristram Coll.). 



