344 PLOCEID^. 



2. North Queensland, 20th Feb. W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Herbert Eiver, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.] 



4. Herbert Eiver, 7th Jan. (/. A. Crowley Bequest. 

 Boijd : North Coll.). 



Genus ESTRILDA, Swainson. 



The eggs of all the members of this genus are of a rather broad 

 oval shape, and pure white devoid of gloss. 



Estrilda astrilda {Linn.). 



Estrelda astrild, Gurney, Ibis, 1862, pp. 31, 156 ; Sliarpe, ed. Layard, 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 470 (1875-84); Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 178 

 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 194 (1905). 



Estrilda astrilda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 301 (1890) ; Butkr, 

 Foreign Finches in Capt. p. 142 (1895) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, 

 i. p. 98 (1900) ; Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn. TJ. i. p. 10 (1906) ; Shaipe, 

 Kand-l. v. p. 450 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml p. 335 (1910). 



The eggs of the Common Waxbill measure from '52 to '65 in 

 length, and from '4 to '46 in breadth. 



5. Natal {T. Ayres). Salvin-GodmBn Coll. 

 8. Natal. Capt. S. G. Eeid [C.l. 



2. Pinetown, Nalal, 17th Mar. Capt. G. E. Shelley [P.l. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 18th Nov. Col. A. T. Sloggett [P. |. 



{F. Seimund ^ C. H. B. Grant). 

 2. Mauritius (E. Newton : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. Lucia, Mauritius, April ( rns^rayn , Crowley Bequest.' 



CoU.). 



3, Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, Dec. B. E. Jupp, Esq. fC.l. 

 1. Grahamstown, Cape Colony, Feb. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.J. 



Estrilda cinerea ( Vieid.). 



Estrilda cinerea, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 394 (1890) ; Heich. 

 Voff. Afr. iii. p. 182 (1904); Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 203 (1905); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 452 (1909j ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 335 

 (1910). r- V /, i- 



Habropyga cinerea, Kuschel, J.f. 0. 1895, p. 338. 



Three eggs, said to be those of the Black-rnmped Waxbill, 

 measure respectively : -56 by -43 ; -54 by -41 ; and -52 by -41. 



2. [N.E. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



] [N.E. Africa] (Sey Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



