PYitojn;r..vjfA. 



321 



It moasuro. -r^ l.y -44. This specimen agrees exactly w^th the 

 dcscnption and ineasurements given by xYehikorn. 



Lrowlej Bequest. 



Pyromelana capensis {Linn.). 

 (PlateXIV. fig. 6.) 



(ift(O-M) ?^/ (at. Buds B. M viii n '>-^R nsnn> a- / 7' r- 

 J?tem™»«/. p. 11.4 (1899) V mo Wm %7 l^ ^^hrk.Kut. 

 Birch i ,, nonqOflr tA ;/ d- ^/^f^^! '^'^-'«'''''^' -^'"'"« S. Afr., 

 x)//«.',, 1. p. loU (jyuU) ^helleu, Birds Air iv n TSnuOf^^. w 

 Hand-l. v. p. 41G (1909). ^ ^" '"^C^^^^); li>]turpe, 



O1711X capensis, Kuschd, J. f. O. 1895 p 3:37 



Luplectes capensis, Eekh. Voy. Afr. iiif p. 120 (1904). 



_ Eggs of the Black-and- Yellow Bisbop-bird are almost ellintical 

 in shape tbe two emls being but very slightly dissimiTa, • h -u^ 

 omewha glossy They are of a pale-green colour, thickly bSle- 

 a.d streaked w,th asb-bro^n and pale purplish-gro; The marki 4 

 are more or less confluent over the whole shell They ntet ul 

 .from -75 to -88 in ler.gth, and from -58 to -63 in breadth! 



6. South Africa. p T t j t-. r^-, 



2. South Africa. ftilr'"''^^^'^- C^;]- 



3. South Africa (E. L. L ) fVovviJv "^'^-^''J'''^' Esq. [P.], 



* •'• Lrovvley Bequest. 



Pyromelana approximans {Cahanis). 

 PyromeW n.iucr illeichenh.), Skarje, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 003 



Eupleetes capensis approximans, i?«V/,. Voi/.Afr.m p \^7 aoc)X\ 

 Ivrome lana capensis minor, Sparrow, J. SlAf: Om Vi nioil90^) 

 Pvromelar.a approxnnans, SAarjM^, Hand-l. v. p. 410 (1909).'^' ' ^' 

 , One egg of the Lesser Black-and-Yellow Bishop-bird is similar 

 It measures -8 by -50. i-'/Jtuas. 



1. Highlands, Natal, 27th Dec. M.j,,, r, Sp,,,^«. [e.j. 



Pyromelana talia (Smith). 



(Plate XIV. fig. .5.) 



Euplrctes taha Gnrm;/, in Avderssoii's Bird.^ Bamarai ,3 171 n^79, 

 Pyromelana taha, ,S/>arpc, e<l Layard, Birds S Xv/V4f -5 ^«-'S;^ 



p. 3d/ ; Stark, Faiaia S. Af,:, Birds, i v 1-^8 HOfifi » •;' 



jS^^.g.., //.,./-/. V. p. 41 7 (1909); AW../.:. A7,., ^/.;-f„/7^(J 



Eg?s of the Taha Bishop-bird are of a regular or slicbflv 

 pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They are rreyU wh 7 

 w.h^m,nute dots and a few sLall s/ots of l^uilllt^ltThinU: 



