'; 



SITAGRA. 353 



(1875-84); Shnrpe, Cat. Birch B.M. xiii. p. 468 (1800); Ku^chel, 

 J. f. O. ISDo, p. 334 : Slai-k, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 60 (1900) • 

 Shellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 416 (1905): Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p 471 

 (1909) ; KeJirk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 337 (1910). 



Eggs of the Spotted-backed Weaver-Finch vary from a regular 

 oval to an elongate narro-w oval shape, and are withont gloss. 

 They are of two distinct types : those with the ground greenish- 

 blue and those with the ground white. Each type is either plain 

 or profusely freckled all over with small blotches or very small 

 spots of pale purplish-red and lilac. They vary in length from -88 

 to 1-03, and in width from 63 to -67. 



21. Blaauw Krantz, Cape Colony, B. E. Jupp, Esq. [0.]. 

 Jan. (L. Palmer). 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C". 



2. Stangei, Natal, 21st Oct. MajoV R. Sparrow [E.' 



2. Stanger, 21st Oct. Maior R. Rparrow fE.' 



2. Stanger, 21st Oct. Major R. Sparrow fE.' 



" Stanger, 22nd ( )ct. Major R. Sparrow \K' 



Stanger, 22nd Oct. Major R. Sparniw [E.' 



Pondoland. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SITAGRA, Beichenh. 



Sitagra aliena, Sharpe. 



Sitagra aliena, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 21 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 472 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 279, pi. xix. 



fig. 18 (1910). 

 Plf)ceus alienus, Reich. Fm/. Afr. iii. p. 68 (1904). 

 Hyphanturgus alienus, Shellei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 392 (1905). 



Two eggs of the Alien Weaver- Finch are of a long oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. The ground is creamy-white, thickly speckled 

 with brick-red and with a few underlying spots of lavender-grey. 

 They measure respectively : -93 by -58 ; and -88 by '59. 



2. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, Subscribers to the Ruwenzori 

 6000 ft., 23rd Jan. (Z>. Car- Exped. [P.l. 



ruthers). 



Sitagra jacksoni, Shelley. 



Hyphantornis dimidiatus, Sharpe {nee Antin, iSr Salvad.), Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 459 (1890). 



Ploceus jacksoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293 ; Reich. T'dff. Afr. iii. p. 68 

 (1904). 



Hyphantornis jacksoni, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 333 ; Shelley, Birds Afr. 

 iv. p. 435 (3905] ; Oaihie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 276, 

 pi. xix. figs. 2 & 4 (1910), 



Sitagra jacksoni, Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 472 (1909) ; Nchrh. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 337 (1910). 



Eggs of Jackson's Golden-backed W«aver-Finch are of a blunt 

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