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and somewhat glossj'. The ground-colour is pale greenish-white, 

 spotted and blotched all over with olive-brown, or brown and grey, 

 sometimes forming a zone or cap at the larger end. In some 

 specimens the markings are smaller and less numerous and much 

 of the ground-colour is visible. Others are ver}- heavily marked. 

 They vary in length from -81 to -88, and in breadth from -62 

 to -65. 



3. Transvaal (T. Ayres : Tristram Crowlev Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. Johannesburg, 12th Dec. C. 0. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Doornkop, Orange Biver Colony, Major II. Sparrow [E.]. 



25th Nov. 



a. Mooi Eiver, Natal, Dec. Mnjor R. Sparrow [E.]. 



1. Estcourt, Natal, (ith Jan. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. [P.l. 



1. Frere, Griqualand East, 25th Dec. G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus COLIOSTRUTHUS, Surulev. 



Coliostrutlms ardens (Bodd.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Vidua rubi'itorques, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 211. 



Vidua ardens, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 455 (1875-84) • 



?It.B.8[ I. D. S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 410. 

 I'enlhetria ardens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 215 (1800). 

 Coliopasser ardens, Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 142 (] 900) ; Srinrroic 



J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Ellemon, t. c. p. 18, pi. iii. j 



Bucknill 8/- Oronvold, t. c. ii. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 (1906). 

 Coliuspasser ardens, Beich. Vog Afr. iii. p. 136 (1904) ; Shelleii, Birds 



Afr. iv. p. 40 (1905). 

 Coliostruthus ardens, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 410 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat 



Eim-samml. p. 329 (^1910). • 



Eggs of the Eed-collared "Widow-bird are of a regular oval shape 

 and distinctly glossy. They an; bluish-green, finely spotted and 

 mottled, especially towards the larger end, with pale umber-brown 

 and lavender-grey. In some specimens the markings are somewhat 

 larger and form smull blotches. They vary from "72 to '76 in 

 length, and from '54 to '55 in breadth. 



The little white-speckled eggs attributed to this species by 

 Messrs. "Woodward have no doubt been incorrectly identified {t. c). 



3. V^'illow Grange, Natal, SOtli Dec. Major R. Sparrow 



2. Highlands, Natal, 2Srd Dee. Major R. Sparrow 



2. Kareiga, Cape Colony, Nov. (B. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C] 



E. J.). 



2. BlaauwKiantz, Cape Colony, Nov. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.l. 



(L. Palmer) 



3. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (L. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Blaauw Krantz, Dec. (X. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. (0.1. 



2. Blaauw Krantz, Jan. (X. P.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [O.J. 



