330 nocEiD.'E. 



Genus ZON^GINTHUS, Cab. 



Zonsegiuthus bellus {Lath.). 



Zonaeginthus bellus, Gould, Handb. Birds Amtr. i. p. 406 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests Sr Eggs Avstr. Birds, p. 160 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 293 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 126 (1899), p. 332 

 (1910); Campbell, Neds Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 479(1901); 

 North, Nests l^ Eggs Austr.BirdSfii. p. 271 (1909); Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 V. p. 433 (1909). 



The egga of the Pire-railed Finch are of an elongate oval shape, 

 without gloss, and plain white. They appear to vary greatly in size. 

 Two specimens from Tasmania measure respectively : -75 by -52 ; -75 

 by -5. Three from Cranbourne measure respectively : '76 by '53 ; 

 •75 by "57 ; and '74 hj' '55. Others from Cape Otway and from 

 Melbourne, taken by Mr. Bridger, are very much smaller and 

 average only -BS by ^S. 



3. Cranbourne, Victoria, 3rd Nov. [A. Ciowley Bequest. 



J. North). 



2. Cape Otway, Victoria, (E. P. S.y- Crowley Bequest. 



mow) . 



6. Melbourne ( W. Bridger). Sahin-fiodman Coll. 



2. Tasmania, 17tb Nov. Gould Coll. 



Zonsegintlius oculatus {Qaoy Sf Oaim.). 



Zoneeginthus oculeus, Govld, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 407 (1865). 



Zonseginthus oculatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 204 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 126 (1899), p. 332 (1910); Campbell, 

 Nests §■ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 480 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 433 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Ecd-eared Finch are of a somewhat elongate 

 oval form, devoid of gloss, and pure white. They measure 

 respectively : -69 by -49, and -65 by -46. 



2. W. Australia (^.. J". CrtWjpWi). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus COCCOPYGIA, Relchenh. 



Coccopygia dufresnei (VieilL). 



Estrelda dufi-esnii, Ourneij, Ibis, 1862, p. 32 ; Sharpe, ed. Laijard, Birds 

 . S. Africa, p. 469 (1875-84) ; Stark, Faun. S. Africa, Birds, i. 



p. 107 (1000). 

 Coccopygia dufresnii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 305 (1890) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 233 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. \ . -p. ii6 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 332 (1910). 

 Neisna dufresnei, Reich, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 205 (1904). 



The eggs of Dufresno's Waxbill are of an ordinary oval form, 



