324 PlOOJJIDiE. 



Genus aUELEA, Eeuhenh. 



ftuelea erythrops ( Hartl.). 



Quelea erythrops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 255 (1890) : KwcM, 

 J. f. 0. 1895, p. 336; JRoirh. Voff. Afr. iii. p. Ill (1904); She/Jei/, 

 Birds Afr. iv. p. 117 (1005) ; ISharpe, Hand-l v. p. 422 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 381 (1910). 



An egg of the Dark-throated Dioch is of a rather short ovnl 

 shape and almost devoid of gloss. It is dull olive-green with fine 

 scattered spots of a darker shade, most numerous towards the larger 

 end. It measures -7 by -55. 



1. We.st Africa (JVefe-^ora C«K.). Crowley Bequest. 



Quelea cardinalis {Hartl.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 11.) 



Ilvpliantica cardinalis, Hartl. Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 102 



(1881) ; Fischer, Zeit. ges. Orn. i. p. 328 (1884). 

 Quelea cardinalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 256 (1890); Beich. 



rsg. Afr. iii. p. 112 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 119 ;]905) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 423 (1809) ; Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 331, 



pi. iii. fig. 34 (1910). 



Eggs of the Cardinal Dioch vary in shape from a rather short 

 oval to a pointed oval, and exhibit a certain amount of gloss. The 

 ground-colour is greenish-white or white more or less thickly 

 spotted all over the shell with reddish-brown or purplish-brown and 

 underlying spots and small blotches of grej'. They vary in size 

 from -67 to -72 in length, and from -47 to -5 in breadth. 



4. Njemps, B. E. Africa, 16th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. fC. 



1. Niemps, 16th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. C. 



2. Niemps, 19th Sept. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C. 

 2. Njemps, 19th Sept. F. J. Jnckson, Esq. [0. 



1. Nandi, B. E. Africa, 7th May. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C. 



Cluelea quelea {Linn.). 



Quelea quelea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xiii. p. 267 (1890) ; SMley, 



Birds Afr. iv. p. Ill (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 423 (1909). 

 Quelea sanguinirostris, Seich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 108 (1904). 



Two eggs of the Black-fronted Dioch laid in captivity are of 

 a short wide oval shape, devoid of gloss and pure white. They 

 measure respectively : '75 by -6, and -68 by "So. 



Dr. Eeichenow describes an egg, also laid in captivity, as being 

 pale blue with small reddish-brown and grey spots. It measured 

 .81 by -55. 



2. Laid in captivity {J. J. Weir). Crowley Bequest. 



