120 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



Damara Land on the 11th of October contamed two 

 eggs rather hard sat on ; the nest was situated in a 

 dabbe bush, and was composed of twigs and grass exter- 

 nally, lined internally with finer grass. 



The iris in this species is a rather pale yellowish red, 

 and the skin round the eye bright orange ; the bill 

 black, the legs and toes dark shiny brown. 



[INIr. 11. B. Sharpe possesses three specimens of this Bulbul, 

 obtained by Mr. Anderssou at Objimbinque, in Damara Land^ 

 in the months of June, July, and September. — Ed.] 



152. PycnonotuS tricolor, Hartl. Angola Biilbul. 



Pycnunotus capensis, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Daiiiar., Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 145. 

 Ixos tricolor, Hartlaub, in Ibis, 18G2, p. 341. 

 Pycnoitotus tricolor, Sliarpe's Cat. No. 211. 



„ „ Sharpe, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 130, pi. 7. 



fig. 2. 



[Mr. R. B. Sharpe possesses two specimens of this species 

 obtained by Mr. Andersson in January 1867, one at Ova- 

 quenyama, the other in Ondonga. A previous specimen trans- 

 mitted by Mr. Andersson to this country is now in the late 

 J\Ir. Strickland's collection at Cambridge, and appears to have 

 been the bird included in Messrs. Strickland and Sclater's 

 Damara list, under the name of Pycnonotus capensis. — Ed,] 



153. Phyllastrephus capensis, Swaius. Cape Jaboteur. 

 Le Jahotvur, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 112. fig, 1, 

 Phyllastrc2)hus capensis, Lavard's Cat. No. 266. 

 „ „ Sliarpe's Cat. No. 207. 



This species feeds on seeds. The iris is yellow ; the 

 upper mandible horn-colour, tlie lower bluish ; tarsus 

 bluish. 



