PTROMELANA. 321 



It measures -55 by -44. This specimen agrees esaoUy with the 

 description and measurements given by Nehrkorn. 



1. Zanzibar. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyromelana capensis (Linn.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 



Pyromelana oapen.'^is, Sharpe, ed. Lm/ard, Birds S. Africa, p. 463 

 (1875-84) : id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. L>36 (1800) '; Kehrlc. Kat. 

 Etersamml. p. 124 (1899), p. 330 (1910); Stark, Faur.a S. Afr., 

 Birds, 1. p. 130 ngOO) ; Shelletj, Birds Afr. iv. p. 73 (1905) ; Sharne, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 416 (1909). 



Orynx capensis, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 337. 



Euplectes capensi.a, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 120 (1904). 



Eggs of the Black-and- Yellow Bishop-bird are almost elliptical 

 in shape, the two ends being but very slightly dissimilar ; they are 

 somewhat glossy. They are of a pale-green colour, thickly blotched 

 and streaked with ash-brown and pale purplish-grej'. The markings 

 are more or less confluent over the whole shell. They measure 

 from -75 to -88 in length, and from -58 to -63 in breadth. 



6. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. rp.]. 



2. South Africa. J. D. S, Parry-Evaus, Esq. [P.]. 



3. South Africa {E. L. L.). Crowley Bequest. 



Pyromelana approximans {Cahanis). 



Pyromelana minor (Beichenh.), Sharfe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 238 



(1890). 

 Euplectes capensis approximans, Reich. Voi/. Afr. iii. p. 127 (1804). 

 I'yromelana capensis minor, Sparroiv, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905). 

 Pyromelana approximaus, Shnrpe, Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909). 



One egg of the Lesser Black-and-Yellow Bishop-bird is similar 

 in shape, colour, and markings to some of those of P. capensis. 

 It measures -8 by -SG. 



1. Highlands, Natal, 27th Dee. Mrjor R, Sparrow [E.]. 



Pyromelana taha {Smith). 



(Plato XIV. fig. 5.) 



Euplectes taha, Giirney, in Andei'sson's Birds Bamaral. p. 171 (1872). 

 Pyromelana taha, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 465 (1875-84); 



id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 242 (1890); Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, 



p. 337; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 128 (1900); Reich. 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 114 (1904) ; Shilleij, Birds Afr. iv. p. 84 (1905) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 417 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 330 



(1910). 



Eggs of the Taha Bishop-bird are of a regular or slightly 

 pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They are greyish-white, 

 with minute dots and a few small spots of purplish-black thinly 



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