252 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



Couiraon in this locality. There was a fine old cock bird that 

 used to come and perch on a particular hush, not thirty yards 

 from our waggons, and remain thei'e nearly all day. He 

 would, in the mornings and evenings, if the weather was 

 favourable, indulge us M'ith a short but very pleasant loud 

 and clear song. 



Q7. Saxicola GALTONi (Strickl.). 



(105) ? , Rocky Kopjes near Shongo river, 1st November ; 

 and ? , Maugwato, 27th December. 



A pair of these birds were breeding in the rocks near the 

 Shongo. They are much less plentiful in these parts than 

 about Rustenburg and other spots in the Transvaal. 



68. Saxicola pileata (Gm.j. 



Mashoona, September and October ; seen, but not pro- 

 cured. Mangwato, 26th December. 



69. Pkatixcola torquata (Linn.). 

 Mashoona, December. Seen, but not procured. 



70. Aeuon leucophrys (Vieill.). 



(Ill) S J MatjeUmschlope, 14th November; and J , Kauye, 

 7th Januarv. Iris light dusky brown ; bill dusky brown, with 

 the basal part of the lower mandible yellow ; tarsi and feet 

 pale dingy ash-colour. 



We found the bird by no means plentiful. 



71. Aedon P(ENa (Smith). 



(137) c? , Mangwato, 26th December. Iris dark brown ; 

 bill horny black ; tarsi and feet light ash-colour. 



A common species here and breeding at this time. I found 

 a nest on the 23rd placed in a low bush about a foot from 

 the ground ; it was cup-shaped, composed of rough, dry, 

 coarse, half-rotten stalks and blades of grass, and lined with 

 fine fibrous roots; internal diameter about 2 inches. The 

 eggs, three in number, are white, spotted with reddish brown, 

 more especially at the obtuse end, where the spots are inclined 

 to run into each other and form blotches. Measurements 

 0-8 inch by 0-6. 



