362 PLOCEIDJ!. 



Foudia flavicans, E. Newton. 



Foudia flavicans, E. Newton, Ibis, 1865, p. 153; Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 

 clxviil. p. 461 (1879) ; id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 484 (1890); 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 495 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 479 

 (1909). 



Two eggs of the llodriguez Weaver-Fincli are of a regular oval 

 shape, slightly glossy, and of a very pale blue colour. They 

 measure respectively : -75 by 'SI ; and "72 by "52. 



2. Rodriguez (<?. Gulliver : ' Transit Eoyal Society [P.]. 

 of Venus ' Exped.). 



Genus NELICUEVIUS, Bonap. 

 Nelicurvius nelicourvi (Scojp.). 



Hyphantornis pensilis, Cowan, Proc. B. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 



(1882). 

 Ploceus pensilis, Milne-Edwards Sr Orandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. 



ii. p. 446, pi. 304, figs. 8, 8 « (1885). 

 Nelicurviua nelicourvi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 436 (1890) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 4&9 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 479 



(1909) ; Nehrh. JLai. Eiersamml. p. 339 (1910). 



The eggs of Cowan's Weaver-Finch are almost elliptical in shape 

 (the two ends being nearly alike), slightly glossy, and of a pale blue 

 colour. They measure from -8 to -82 in length, and from -58 to '6 

 in breadth. 



4. Madagascar (r/'isicam Co//.), Orowley Bequest. 

 3. Madagascar. (Tj-is^cam CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Beans Cowan [P.]. 



Genus PLOCEELLA, Oates. 



Ploceella javanensis {Less.). 



(Plate XV. figs. 17 & 20.) 



Ploceella javanensis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 180 (1890) ; 

 id., ed. Hume, Nests i§- Effffs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 124 (1890) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 474 (1890) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 480 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 339 (1910). 



The eggs of the Burmese Golden Weaver-Finch are generally of a 

 pointed oval shape and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They 

 are varied in colour and Mr. Hume thus describes them : — " The 

 ground-colour is white, greenish or greyish-white, a delicate dove- 

 grey or pale purplish stone-colour ; and while one or two of the 



