352 PLOCEID^. 



2. Elgeyu, Kamasia Mts., B. E. F. J. Jaclison, Esq. [C.]. 

 Africa, 9th July, 



C. 

 0. 



2. Elgeyu, 11th July. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



3. Entebbe, Uganda, 7th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 " Entebbe, 7th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq 



o 



2. EntebbR, 7th Feb. F. J. Jackson, Esq. fC.]. 



Entebbe, 9th March. F.,J. Jackson, Esq, 



Hyphantornis cucuUatus {Mull.). 



:c.]. 



Hyphantornis cucullatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 451 (1890) ; 

 RmdaU, Ibis, 1892, p. 219 ; Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 332 ; Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. iv. p. 423 (1904) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 471 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 3.S7 (1910). 



Ploceus cucullatus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 59 (1904). 



Seven eggs of the Hooded Weaver-Finch are of a sharply-pointed 

 oval shape and without gloss. The ground varies from white to 

 cream-colour, pale bluish- or greenish-white. Some examples are 

 nearly uniform, others finely spotted and freckled, more so at the 

 larger end than elsewhere, with umber, pale chestnut or maroon, 

 and underlying dull purple. They vary in length from "87 to '95, 

 and in width from 'SS to -Gl. 



4. West Africa. Crowlev Bequest. 



1. River Gambia, W. Africa, 11th Dr. P. Rendall [P.]. 



July. 



2. Gambia. (Laid in captivity.) Dr. E. Hopkinson [P.], 



Hyphantornis nigriceps, Layard. 



Hyphantornis nigriceps, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 436 



(1875-84) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 456 (1890) ; Kvschel, 



J. f. O. 1895, p. 332 ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 56 (1900) ; 



I Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 419 (1905) ; 'Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 47l 



(1909); Nehrk, Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Ploceus nigriceps, Reich. Vog, Afr. iii. p. 62 (1904). 



Three eggs of the Black-headed Weaver-Finch are of a rather 

 pointed oval shape and somewhat glossy. The ground is pale blue 

 or pale greenish-blue ; one is without any markings ; the other two 

 are freckled all over with small spots and dots of pinkish-brown or 

 umber-brown and lavender-grey. They measure respectively : '89 

 by -62; -93 by -62 ; and -92 by -58. 



1. Zanzibar. ■ Crowley Bequest. 



1. Zanzibar. Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Zanzibar.] Crowley Bequest. 



Hyphantornis spilonotus {Vig.). 



Ploceus spilonotus, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 212; Reich. Tm. Afr. iii. 



p. 64 (1904). 

 Hyphantornis spilonotus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 437 



