THE IBIS. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



No. XII. OCTOBER 1879. 



XXXIV. — Additional Notes on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 

 By Thomas Ayres. Commumcated by John Henry 



GURNEY. 



(Continued from p. 300.) 



325. TuRDUs LiBONYANUS, Smith. Kurichane Thrush. 



Male, Rustenburg, June 11th. Irides light umber ; eyelids 

 chrome-yellow ; biU orange ; tarsi and feet pale chrome- 

 yellow. 



Female, Rustenburg, May 28rd. Irides dusky umber ; eye- 

 lids and bill bright orange ; tarsi and feet as in the male. 



This is the commonest Thrush in the Magaliesbergen, but 

 is of more retiring habits than T. letsitsirupa ; it is often found 

 in small companies of three or four together, but is as often 

 solitary. 



Pycnonotus NIGRICANS (VieiU.). Brunoir Bulbul. 



Male, Rustenburg, June 18th. Irides bright hazel ; eyelids 

 tumid and orange- coloured. 



Male, Rustenburg, August 10th. Irides bright hazel ; eye- 

 lids orange. 



Two females, Rustenburg, July 23rd. Irides red-hazel; 

 eyelids tumid and orange-yellow. 



SER. IV. VOL. III. 2g 



