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Genus AMADINA, Swains. 



Amadioa fasciata {Omel.). 



Amftdina fasciata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 289 (1880) ; Builer, 

 Foreign Fmches in Capt. p. 193 (1894); Euschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 339 ; 

 Nehik. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 125 (1899), p. 831 (1910) ; Keich. Voy. 

 Afr. iii. p. 146 (1904) ; ShelUy, Birds Afr. iv. p. 123 (1905) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-h v. p. 432 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Banded "Weaver-Finch or "Cut-throat" Finch 

 are of a very blunt oval form, devoid of gloss, and plain \\hite. 

 They measure -QH by -53. 



1. "West Africa. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. "West Africa {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Amadina erythrocephala (Linn.). 



Amadina erythrocephala, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 467 

 (1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii, p. 290 (1890) ; Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 339 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 126 (1899), p. 331 

 (1910); Starh, Fauna S. Afr., Birds i. p. 118 flSOO) ; Beich. Vog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 147 (le04) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 126 (1905) j 

 Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Boberts, J. S. Afr. 

 Orn. V. ii. p. 10 (1906); Teschemaler, Avicult. Mag. iv. p. 354 

 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v, p. 433 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Eed-headcd "Weaver-Finch are of a broad oval 

 form, devoid of gloss and jjlain -white. They measure respectively : 

 •75 by -6 ; -75 by -68 ; and -73 by -58. 



1. OtjiinbiDque,Daiiiara]and, 28th Aug. Crowley Bequest. 



(C. J. Aiidersson : Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 19th Aug. Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



(C. S.B. Grant). 



1. Laid in confinement. W. H. Beeman, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus STEGANOPLEUEA, Reiclienl. 

 Steganopleura guttata (Shaw). 



Steganopleura guttata, Gould, Bandb. Birds Amir. i. p. 417 (1865); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 483 (1909) ; JSehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 332 



(1910). 

 Staganopleura guttata, North, l\est» 1st Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 164 (.889) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 292 (1890) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 126 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 478 (1901) ; 



North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 268 (1909). 



Eggs of the Spotted-sided Finch are white and of a very broad 

 oval shape. They measure from -65 to 75 in length, and from 

 •52 to -55 in breadth. 



7. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



8. New South "Wales (E. P. Bamsay). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dobroyde near Sydney (E. F. B. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Canteihury near Sydney, 21st Oct, A. J. North, Esq. [P.], 



