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2. Kuruman, 19th Dec. E. B. Woosnam and 



K. E. Dent, Esqra. [C.]. 



2. Kuruman, 20th Deo. H. B. Woosnam and 



R. E. Dent, Esqrs. [0.]. 

 1. Kuruman, 8rd Feb. R. B. Woosnam and 



R. E. Dent, Esqrs. [0.]. 

 1. Kroonstad, Orange River Colonv, Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 

 17th Nov. 



3. Kroonstad, O. R. C, 1st Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 

 9. Transvaal IT. At/res: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). ^ ■ 



1. Transvaal (T. A. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Beouest. 



5. Johannesburg, Dec. C. C. Roberts, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Crocodile River, 20 miles west J. A. Bucknill, Esq. [!'.]. 



of Pretoria, Dec. ( C. B. Hors- 

 brugh). 



Sitagra auricapilla, Swains. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 



Hyphantornis velatus, Gurney {nee VieilL), in Andersson's Birds Damara- 

 land, p. 169 (1872) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 464 (1890) ; 

 Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 58 (1900) [part.]. 



Ploceus auricapillus, Reich. Fog. Afr. iii. p. 79 (1904). 



Hyphantornis tahatali, Shellel/, Birds Afr. iv. p. 408 (1905). 



Sitagra auricapilla, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 474 (1909). 



Eggs of the Damaraland Black-fronted Weaver-Finch are indis- 

 tinguishable from those oi S. velaia, the same varieties as those 

 described above being found among the series. 



13. Damaraland (C. J. Andersson : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



2. Ondongo, Ovampoland, 12th Crowley Bequest. 



March (C. J. A.: Tristram 

 Coll.). 

 2. Ondongo (C. J. A.. Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Sitagra uluensis {Neumann). 



(Plate XV. fig. 4.) 



Hyphantornis vitellinus, Sharjie {nee Lichl.), Ibis, 1891, p. 254 ; Jackson, 



Ibis, 1899, p. 616; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 442 (1905) [part.]. 

 Hyphantornis uluensis, Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 282. 

 Ploceus vitellinus uluensis, Xeich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 82 (1904). 

 Sitagra uluensis, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 474 (1909). 



An egg of the Ulu Weaver-Finch is of a regular oval shape and 

 without gloss. The ground is pale blue, with dots and rounded 

 spots of sepia-brown and lilac, rather larger and more numerous 

 towards the broad end. It measures "74 by -54. 



1. Kamassia Mts., B. E. Africa, 12th F. J. Jackson, Esq. [C.]. 

 July. 



