MULiNOPTERYX. HYPHAJiTTOENIS. 35] 



Melanopteryx castaneofusca {Less.). 



Cinnamopteryx castaneofusca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii p 472 



(1890) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 357 (1905). 

 Hvptamtornis castaneofusca, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 334. 

 Ploeeus castaneofuscus, JReich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 53 (1904). 

 Melanopteryx castaneofusca, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909) • Nehrk 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Chestnut-and-Blaok Weaver-Finch, laid in 

 captivity, are of a rather long pointed oval form and slightly glossy. 

 One is pall blue, the other pale bluish-white, without any markings. 

 They measure respectively : 1-0 by -66, and -98 by -68. 



2. Laid in captivity (D;-. XMifer). Crowley Bequest. 



Melanopteryx rubiginosa {Riipp.). 



Cinnamopteryx mbiginosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 473 (1890). 

 Ploeeus rubiginosus, Beich. Voff. Afr. iii. p. 55 (1904). 

 Hyphantornia rubiginosus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 432 (1905). 

 Melanopteryx rubiginosa, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909). 



Seven eggs of Riippell's Chestnut Weaver-Finch vary from a 

 regular oval to a rather pointed oval shape, and are slightly glossy. 

 They are uniform pale bright blue or deeper blue tinged with 

 greyish. They vary in length from -83 to -88, and in width from 

 •56 to -65. 



4. Njemps, Lake Baringo, 13th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 

 3. Njemps, 13th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.J. 



Genus HYPHANTOENIS, Gray. 



Hyphantornis femininus, Grant. 



(Plate XV. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Hyphantornis abyssinicus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 429 (1905) [part.]. 

 Ploeeus abyssinicus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 57 (1904) [part.]. 

 Hyphantornis femininus, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 15 (1907) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 470 (1909); Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 277 (1910). 



Thirteen eggs of the Uganda Black-and- Yellow Mantled Weaver- 

 Finch are all of a rather long pointed oval shape and have little or 

 no gloss. The ground varies from white to pale greenish-white, 

 greenish-blue, and pale blue. Some examples are uniform or 

 nearly so, others are more or less profusely marked with small 

 spots and sometimes small blotches of reddish-lilac or reddish- 

 brown and pale lavender-grey. They vary in length from -90 to 

 ■98, and in width from -59 to •05. 



