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smears of purplish-grey and are very prominent on some examples. 

 Five eggs measure from "75 to "8 in length, and from -53 to '56 in 

 breadth. 



3. Ajmere, Rajpulana, India, 12th Hums Coll. 



Nov. [A. O. Hume). 

 2. Ajmere, 16th Nov. {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Fringillaria saharae (Levaill.). 



Fringillaria saharse, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 295 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xii. p. 563 (1888) ; Nehrk. Cat. Eiersamml. p. 113 (1899); 



Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 228 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 285 



(1909). 

 Emberiza saharfe. Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 345 (1902). 

 Emberiza striolata sahari, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 190 



(1904). 



Eggs of the House-Bunting resemble those of F. capensis described 

 above. Six eggs measure from -69 to -75 in length, and from -54 

 to "57 in breadth. 



1 . El Alf Beni, Mzab, Algerian Sahara, Crowley Bequest. 



April {J. H. Gurney : Tristram 



Coll.). 

 4. South Tunis, 17th May (P. Spatz). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W: Kai 



1. Gafsa, S.Tunis, 26th May (P. /S.). w: Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Fringillaria impetuani (Smith). 



Fringillaria impetuani, Layard, Ibis, 1868, p. 247 ; Gurney, in Anderss. 

 Birds Damaral. p. 189 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. 

 ' Africa, p. 489 (1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 563 (1888) ; 

 Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 190 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Africa, 

 iii. p. 159 (1902) ; Eeichenotv, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 292 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 285 (1909). 



Two eggs of the South- African Lark-Bunting in the Collection ' 

 are much the same as those of the other species of the genus. They 

 are of a broad blunt oval shape and slightly glossy. The ground- 

 colour is white, finely spotted all over with brown and violet-grey. 

 One egg measures "69 by "52. 



Layard gives the measurements as -7 by '55, and Stark as -72 

 by-e: 



2. Otjimbinque, Damaraland (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 

 Andersson : T'ristram Coll.). 



