318 PLocEin^. 



Genus UaOBHACHYA, Bonaii. 



Urobrachya axillaris {Smith). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Vidua axillaris, Gurnet/, Ihis, 1860, p. 211. * 



Penthetria axillaris, Sharps, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p, 461 

 (1875-84). 



Urobrachya axillaris, Btitler, FeildenS/- Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 298; Sharps, 

 Cat. 'Birds B. M. xiii. p. 224 (1890) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 

 i. p. 134 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 129 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds 

 Afr. iv. p. 60 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 412 (1909) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Biers^imml. p. 329 (1910). 



The eggs of the Eed-shouldered Widow-bird are of a regular 

 oval shape and fairly glossy. They are bluish-green, blotched and 

 smeared with various shades of brown and pale lavender-grey. 

 The markings are more or less confluent at the large end and form 

 an irregular cap. They measure from '71 to "85 in length, and 

 from "53 to '6 in breadth. 



3. Natal (T. Ayres). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. fC.]. 



4. Natal, Dec. Capt. Savile Reid [P.], 



2. Mooi River, Natal, 13th Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



3. Mooi River, 15th Deo. Major R. Sparrow fE.l 

 3. Mooi River, 30th March. Major R. Sparrow [E.] 



Urobracliya phoenicea (ffeugl). 



Urobrachya phoenicea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 225 (1890) ; 



Kusohel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 338 ; Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 130 (1904) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 413 (1909) ; Nehrk'. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 



(1910). 

 Urobrachya axillaris, Kusohel {nee Smith), J.f. O. 1895, p. 337. 



Two eggs of Heuglin's Fan-tailed Widow-bird resemble those of 

 U. axillaris, but are smaller. They measure respectively : -7 bv 

 •62; -74 by -57. 



1. East Africa {Fisehei-). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [East Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PYEOMELANA, Bonap. 



Pyromelana flammiceps {Swains.). 



Eupleotes flammiceps, Fischer c^- Reich. J. f. O. 1878, p. 263. 

 Pyromelana flammiceps, Kuschel, J. f. 6. 1895, p. 337 : Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xiii. p. 228 (1890) ; Reich. Viig. Afr. iii. p. 118 (1904) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 104 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 414 



(1009) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 (1910). 



Eggs of the Kre-crowned Bishop-bird arc of a regular oval form, 



