OHTYGOSPIZA. LAGONOSTICTA. 



Ortygospiza atricoUis ( Vieill.). 



Ortvgospiza atvicollia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 270 (1890) ; 

 ■ Reich. rOg. Afr. iii. p. 202 (_1904) ; Shelley, BirdUf Afr. iv, p. 168 

 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 427 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 331 (1910). 



An egg of Yieillot'a Bar-breasted Mannakin measures -5 by •44. 



1. West Africa (Nehrhorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HYPARaUS, Reichenb. 



Hypargiis margaritatus (Strickl.). 



Lagonosticta margaritata, Sharpe,- Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 275 (1890); 



lieich. Vbg. Afr. iii. p. 158 (1904). 

 Hypargos margaritatus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 240 (1905). 

 Hypargus margaritatus, C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 66 (1908) ; Sharpe, 



Rand-l. V. p. 428 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of Strickland's Twin-spot is of a regular 

 oval shape and pure white. It measures -58 by -44. 



1. [B.E. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LAGONOSTICTA, Cah. 



Eggs of the various species of Fire-Finch are of a regular oval 

 shape, pure white and somewhat glossy. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps, Sharjoe. 



Laffonosticta brunneiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 277 (1890) ; 



Starh, Fauna S. Afr. Birds, i. p. 94 (1900) ; Reich. Voy. Afr. in. 



p. 196 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 268 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v p 429 (1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 831 (1910). 

 Lagonosticta minima, Heugl. {nee Vieill.) Dm. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 612, 



(1870) ; Kuschel, J.f 0. 1895, p. 339. 



Eggs of the Brown-capped Fire-Finoh, also called the Little 

 Euddy Waxbill, vary from -57 to -6 in length, and from -43 to -45 

 in breadth. 



4. Harrar, S. Abyssinia, June. Mr. P. Zaphiro [0.]. 



2. Ondonga, Ovampoland, 29th Mar. Crowley Bequest. 

 ( C. J. Andersson : Trislrain Coll.) . 



