322 plooeid^t;. 



distributed over the whole shell. They measure from "7 to -71 

 in length, and from -iS to -57 in breadth. 



1 . Ondonga, Ovampoland, Feb. ( C. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Anderssm: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Lindley, Orange River Colony, Major E. Sparrow [Ji.J. 



28th Dec * 



3 Boornkop, 6. B. C, 27th Nov. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 



3. Koodoo's Poort, Transvaal, 13th Hon. J. A. Buckmll [P.]. 



Jan. (C. B. Horsbnigh). 



Pyromelana afra (Gmel.). 



Pyromelana afra, Sharpe, Cat. BMs B. M. xiii. p. 241 (1890) ; Ktischel, 

 ■ J. f. 0. 1895, p. 837; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 116 (1904) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 417 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 330 (1910). 



Three eggs of the Yellow-crowned Bishop-bird are of a slightly 

 pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. They are uniform pale 

 blue, and much resemble those of P.flammieejps and other allied forms 

 which lay uniform or nearly uniform blue eggs. They measure 

 respectively: -67 by -49; -65 by -49 ; -62 by -48. 



1. [West Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



2. Gaboon River (rmi!ra?;i CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PLOCEIPASSE£, Smith. 



Ploceipasser mahali, Smith. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 



Plocepasser mahali, Gumey, in Andersson's Birds Damaral. p. 166 

 (1872) ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 380 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 3ol ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 447 (1875-84) ; Kuscliel, 

 J. f. 0. 1895, p. 335; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 11 (1904); Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. iv. p. 325 (1905). 



Ploceipasser mahali, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 83 (1900) ; 

 Sharpe, Haud-l. v. p. 417 (1909). 



An egg of the "White-browed Weaver-bird is of a rather long 

 and slightly pointed oval shape, and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white suffused with pink, and faintly mottled with pinkish-grey. 

 It measures -92 by -Go — a measurement which appears to be 

 unusually small. Stark gives I'O by 0'72. 



1. Kruger'fl Drift, Modder River, Hon. J. A. Buckniil [P.]. 

 0. R. C, 2nd Got. (C. B. 

 Horsbrugh). 



Genus PHILiETERUS, Smith. 

 PhilsBterus socius (Lath.). 



Philetserus sociu?, AmJerss. Birds Damaral. p. 167 (1872) ; Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 335 : Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 115 (1900). 



Philoetserua sociua, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 449 (1876-84). 



Philseterus socius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 249 (1890) ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 419 (1909). 



