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5. South Africa. 



I'XOOBiniE. 



2. 



South Africa. 



South Africa. 



Pondoland. 



Winterberg District, Cape Colony, 



Jan. (Moora-aft). 

 Deelfontein, CapeOolony,19thNov. 



IE. SeUmind ^ C. H. B. Grant). 

 Deelfontein, 19th Nov. [E. S. Sr 



a S. B. G.). 

 Deelfontein, 19th Nov. (E. S. Sf 



C.H.B.G.). 

 Kuruinan, British Bechuanaland, 



i9th Dec. 

 Kuruman, 19th Dec. 



Ondousa, Ovampoland, Feb. ( C. J. 



Andersson: Tristram Cull). 

 Transvaal {T. Ayres : Tristram 



Coll.). 

 .lohanneshurg, Transvaal, Dec. 

 Johannesburg, Dec. 

 Koodoo's Poort, Transvaal, 13th 



Jan. (C. B. Horsbrugh). 

 Ruo Eiver, B. C. Africa. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 J. D. S. Par. y- Evans, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 B. E. Jupp, Esq. [0.]. 



Cofonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



R. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 



Esqvs. [C.]. 

 R. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 



Esqrs. [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



C. C. Roberta, Esq. [P.J. 

 C. C. Robert-, Esq. [P.' 

 flon. J. A. Bucknill [P. 



A. B. Percival, Esq. [C.]. 



Pyromelana franciscana (Isert). 



(Plato XIV. fig. 3.) 



Euplectes franciscanus, IJeugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 571 (1870). 

 Pvromelana franciscana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xtii. p. 23-3 (1890) ; 



JRendall, Ibis, 1892, p. 220; Euschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 337; Nehrk. 



Eat Eiersamml. p. 124 (1899), p. 330 (1910) ; Beich. Voy. Afr. iii. 



p 122 (1904) ; Shelkij, Birds Afr. iv. p. 90 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l 



y. p. 415 (1009). 

 Eo-o-s of the Eed-throatod Bishop-bird are of a regular oval shape, 

 very°glossy, and of a pale blue colour. They measure from -7 to -75 

 in length, and from -5 to -53 in breadth. 



1. Senegambla {Tristram Coll.). 



3. River Gambia, W. Africa, 7th 



Aug. 

 3. Omdurinan, White Nile. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Dr. P. Rendall [P.]. 



Capt. H. N. Dunn [P.]. 



Pyromelana diademata(Kst7ier Sj- Beichenoiu). 



pyromelana diademata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 236 (1890); 

 ill, Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 330 (1910). 



An egg said to that of the Fire-fronted Bishop-bird is of rather 

 a wide oval shape and distinctly glossy. The groimd-colour is pale 

 groenish-white, rather profusely marked over the greater part of 

 the shell with distinct dots of reddish- chestnut and lilac-grey. 



