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Estrilda vinacea (ffartl.). 



Lagonosticta vinacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 286 (1890). 

 Estrilda vinacea, Beich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 191 (1904); Shelley, Birds 

 Afr. iv. p. 224 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 455 (1909). 



An egg of the Vinaceous Waxbill is of a narrow oval form, 

 ■without gloss, and plain white. It measures -65 by -45. 



1. Laid in confinement. Mrs. F. Villiers [P.]. 



Genus UE.ffiGINTHUS, Cahanis. 



The eggs of all the members of this genus are oval in shape, 

 pure white, and without gloss. 



Urseginthus phoenicotis, Swainson. 



Urasginthus phojnicotis, Keugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 619 rl871); Kuschel, 

 J. f. O. 1896, p. 839; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 456 (1909J; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 335 (1910). 



Estrilda phoenicotis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 400 (1890). 



Urseginthus hengalus (Linn.), Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 207 (1904) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 186 (1905). 



Eggs of the Euby-cheeked Cordon-bleu vary in length from 

 •57 to '65, and in breadth from -4 to "43. 



The eggs from Witu are smaller and the majority are unusually 

 rounded. They measure about "48 by •41. 



3. Laid in .confinement. Mrs. F. Villiers [P.]. 



2. Laid in confinement (Co/o«e;j(7(7aTC). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Elgeyu, B.E. Africa, 11th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.l. 



8. Witu, B.E. Africa, lOtb May. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [0.]. 



Uraginthus angolensis {Linn.). 



Estrilda angolensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 402 (1890) ; Stark, 



Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 102 (1900) ; Symonds, J. S. Afr. Orn. U. 



ii. p. 28 (1906) ; Ncaoe (nee Reichenow, 1902), Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc. 



Manchester, 11. no. 10, p. 95 (1907). 

 Urseginthus hengalus angolensis, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 209 (1904). 

 Ureeginthus angolen.siis, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 182 (1905) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 457 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Angola Cordon-bleu measure respectively : 

 •6 by -42, and -57 by -4. 



1. Petauke, N.E. "Rhodesia, 2nd March. S. A. Xeave, E,<q. [C.]. 



1. East Coast of Natal, 26th Nov. G. A. K. .Marshall, Esq. [P.], 



