I 



rVEROCHIRA. — AMYDKUS. 423 



Genus PYEROCHIEA, lielchcnh. 



Pyrrochira caflfra (Linn.). 



(Plate XIX. tig. 1.) 



Pyn-liocheira caffer, Shavpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 169 (1890). 

 Aniydrus carter, i^harpe, td. Luijard, Birds 8. Afr. p. 43U (J87'J-84) ; 



'stark, Fauna 8. Afr. Birds,' \. p. 28 (1900). 

 P3irhoclieira catii-a, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 330; Beich. Vo(j. Afr. ii. 



p. 697 (1903). 

 Onychognathiis caJi'er, Shellcij, Birds Afr. v. p, 103 (1900). 

 Pyrroclura cati'ra, Sharpe, Mand-l. v. p. 534 (1909). 

 I'yrrliocliira catlra, Ne/ir/c. Kat. Biersamnil. p. 351 (1910). 



An egg of the Pale-winged Starling is of a rather pointed oval 

 shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, finely freckled and 

 spotted all over with reddish-brown and lilac, the markings being 

 most numerous towards the larger end. It measures 1'3 by 'liQ. 



I. Nels Poort, Cape Colony {T. C. Crowley Bequest. 

 Atnwre : Tristram Coll.). 



Genus AMYDRUS, Cahanis. 



Amydrus morio {Linn.). 



Lamprotornis morio, T/iieii. Fortpfianz. qes. Vo(j. tab. xxxviii. fig. 8 



(1845-54). 

 jVmydrus morio, Sharjye, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 431 (1875-84) ; 

 ' Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. .xiii. p. 161 (1890): Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, 



p. 330 ; B. B. i)J. U. 8. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 406 ; i\ehrk. Kat. 



Fitrsanvnl. p. 133 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna 8. Afr., Birds, i. p. 26 



(1900) : Beich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 699 (1903) ; Bncknill, Journ. 8. Afr. 



Orn. Union, ii. p. 74 (1908) ; 8harpe, Hand-l. v. p. 535 (1909) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 351 (1910). 

 Ouychoguathus morio, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 105 (1906). 



Eggs of the Cape Glossy Tree-Starling vary m shape from a 

 regular oval to a blunt oval and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. 

 They are of a greenish-blue colour, sjjaringly speckled and spotted 

 with rufous, deep purplish-brown and lilac. They vary in length 

 from 1"1 7 to 1-47 ; and in breadth from -b'S to "99. The eggs of this 

 species are said to be sometimes uniform blue without markings. 



4. South Africa. Crowlev Beque.st. 



•2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Graliainstown, C. Culouv, 25th Oct. B. E. Jupp, I'^sq. |_C.j 

 (B. E. J.). 



