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71. KiMBERLEY MiNE when first rnshed, showing " Gilfillan's 

 Tree" (a Kameeldoorn, which is also shown on picture No. I). 

 On the left is the camp, which afterwards became the main street 

 of Kimberley. 



Pictures of Birds. 



7. Myrmecocichla hifasciata, Seebohm.-(BUFF-STREAKEn 



Chat). 



Male, female, nest and four eggs. 

 Extends from Eastern Cape Colony to the Transvaal. 



8. Turdus olivaceus, Linn.— (Cape Thrush). 



Male, female, nest and 2 eggs. 

 Found throughout South Africa south of the Orange River. 



9. Pachyprora capensis, Shelley. — (Cape Flycatcher). 



Male, female, nest and 3 eggs. 

 Widely distributed in South Africa. 



10. Aegithahi!^ capensis.—{CAFFOC Vogel). 

 Male, female and nest. 



This bird is, except in forest districts, widely distributed in 

 South Africa. The nest, formerly only made of the cottony down 

 of plants, is now universally made of wool in parts where woolly 

 sheep are kept. The entrance to it is through the spout at the top, 

 the hollowed portion below is only a sham entrance. For further 

 particulars see Stark, " Birds of South Afiica," Vol. I., p. 311. 



11. Pyrotmlana capeni^is, Sharpe.— (Black and Yellow 

 Bishop Bird). 



Male, female and nest. 

 Widely distributed in South Africa. In the Eastern parts the 

 birds are somewhat smaller than in the West, and have been dis- 

 tinguished as a race under the name of Pyroniclana capensis 

 minor. 



12. Vidua prmcipalis, Cuv.— (Pix-tailed Widow Bird). 

 Male (in breeding plumage) and female. 



Widely distributed in South Africa and throughout Tropical 

 Africa. 



13. Upnpa Afnccma, Bechst.— (South African Hoopoe). 

 Two females. 



