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ly built Clip, measiu'ing- TO mm. across by 40 deep intern- 

 ally. The outer casing of the nest consisted of green 

 moss with an odd flake of lichen and one or two small 

 leaves ; within this was a composite mass of soft fibrous 

 vegetable material with dry moss, wiry plant stems and 

 a few twigs, lined with Galopina seeding-sprays. On 

 the outside and rim of the nest, spiders' silk and a fine 

 plant thread, apparently Asparagus, bound the material 

 together. The eggs, 2G.5 x 18 mm., were ellipsoidal in 

 shape, of a creamy colour with a deep pink flush when 

 unblown. Two kinds of markings occur on them, sienna- 

 broAvn spots and scribblings and dull steel-grey spots 

 and scribblings; the two kinds of markings are most 

 profuse at the larger end, where they tend to form a band, 

 and occur less sparingly elsewhere. 



A few days later, 6 December, 1912, another nest with 

 its ov>'ner was brought. This nest contained three eggs, 

 one typical, but the other two differing so greatly in 

 shape, in colour, and in measurements as to indicate a 

 difl'erent origin. All three eggs were fresh, and these 

 two may belong to a parasitic species. 



Two young birds were brought to me on 29 December, 

 1910. 



Cape Bulbul — Pi/oiouotus capensis (L.) — This 

 species has not come under my own observation further 

 east than Port Elizabeth, but it has been obtained by 

 Pym in the neighbourhood of King Williamstown, at 

 Balasi in 1906, and at Yellowwoods in 1907. These two 

 specimens, as well as a male obtained at Draaibosch in 

 October, 1916, and forwarded by H. Wilson, are in the 

 local museum. 



Mr. John Wood recorded in the S.A.O.F. Journal (II. 

 page 123) finding a nest of this species with four half- 

 incubated eggs at East London on March 29th. 



Black-headed Bulbul — P. layardi. Guru. — Known 

 locally as the Tiptol and to the natives as i-kweljiila, this 

 species is one of the rowdiest and best-known birds in 



