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coloration. One is olive-green in colour, another is pale chestnut- 

 brown, and a third is pinkish-buff. They measure respectiveh' 

 ■78 by -55 ; -79 by -55 ; and -86 by oi. 



River Gambia, W. Africa, 4th 

 Ausr. 



Dr. P. Kendall [P.]. 



Sitagra intermedia {Rllpp.). 



Hyphantornis intei-medius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 460 (1890) ; 



S/wllei/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 401 (1905) [part] : Ogiluie-Grant, Trans. 



Zoo/. «oc.xix. p. 270 (19 fO). Lr j i y , 



Hyphantovnis cabanisi, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 333. 

 Ploceus cabanisi, Beich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 73 (1904) [part.]. 

 Sitagra cabanisi, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 473 i 1909) i part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 838 (1910). 



Two eggs of Cabanis's Weaver-Finch are of a long pointed oval 

 form, devoid of gloss and pure white. They measure respectively 

 •82 by -55 ; and -85 by -56. 



1. Zanzibar, B. E. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Witu, B. E. Africa (Br. Fischer). Crowley Bequest. 



Sitagra pelzelni {Hard.). 



Icteropsis pelzelni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 410 (1890). 



Sitagra pelzelni, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 331 ; Shelley., Birds Afr. iv. 

 p. 394 (ly05) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 473 (1909) ; NeMc. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 3.38 (1910). 



Ploceus pelzelni, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 75 (1904). 



Eggs of Pelzeln's Slender-billed Weaver-Finch vary from a 

 regular to a rather long and somewhat pointed oval shape. ^ They 

 are devoid of gloss and pure white. They vary in length from -7 

 to '75, and in width from -ol to -od. 



Sitagra luteola (Liclu.). 



Sitagra luteola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 45 (1890) ; Kuschel, 

 J.f. O. 1895, p. 331 : Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 397 (1905) ; Sharpe, 

 Sand-l. V. p. 474 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 338 (1910). 



Ploceus luteolus, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 76 (1904). 



An egg of Lichtenstein's Slender-billed W^eaver-Finch is of a 



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