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2. JheenjuckJhil, Elawah, lutLSept. Hume Coll. 



(ir. K Srouks). 

 2. Jheenjuck Jhil, 14th Oct. (If. Hume Coll. 



S. B.). 

 1. Faridpur, Bengal, 18tli June (J. Hume Coll. 



E. Cri ' 



Ploceus manyar {Horsf.). 



Ploceus manyar, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 646 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, ii. p. 179 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, 

 ii. p. 121 (1890); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 496 (1890) ; id., 

 H.and-1. v. p. 481 (1909); Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p, 340 (1910). 



The eggs of the Striated Weaver-Finch are not separable from, 

 those of P. haya. 



7. Sind, India {J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 



2. Etawah,4thSept. ( IF. -E.^roo/cs; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Bhurtna, 27th July (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Fyzabad. Hume Coll. 



13. Milana, Deesa, Sept. {E. A. Hume Coll. 



Bvtier). 



2. Nilghiris {Walhoune : IVistram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



26. Pegu, 20th June (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



6. Pegu, 29th Sept. {E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Genus AMBLYOSPIZA, Simdev. 



Amblyospiza alhifrons (Vig.). 

 (Plate XV. figs. 18 & 19.) 



Amblyospiza albifrons, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 601 (1890j ; 

 Kuscliel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 336; Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 80 

 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 98 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. 

 p. 303 (1905) ; Sparrow,- J. S. Afr. Orn. U. i. p. 10 (1905) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 481 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 340 (1910). 



Eggs of the Southern Grosbeak-Weaver are of an ordinary or 

 rather long oval shape and without gloss. The ground varies from 

 white to creamy-white or pinkish-white. Some eggs are rather 

 heavily marked all over the shell with spots and dots of pinkish- 

 brown or maroon and lilac-grey ; in others the markings take the 

 form of minute dots, which become rather dense towards the larger 

 end where they form a sort of cap. Some again have but few 

 markings, and these are almost entirely confined to the larger end, 

 while others are sparingly marked with small reddish-brown spots 

 scattered over the entire shell. They measure from -82 to -86 in 

 length, and from "61 to '65 in. breadth. 



