on the Coast of South Africa. 81 



108. Fringillaria flaviventris (Vieill.). Southern Yel- 

 low-bellied Bunting. 



I shot but one specimen of this Bunting, at Pinetown, in 

 the open country, near where the grass had been recently 

 burnt. 



109. Megalophonus apiatus (Vieill.) . Clapper-Lark. 

 Not an uncommon Lark in Cape colony, where I found it 



amongst the low bushes in the plains. It flies but a short 

 distance when disturbed, and never appears to run on the 

 ground. The specimen I preserved had the beak dark horn- 

 colour, with the basal two thirds of the lower mandible, and 

 the edges of the upper one towards the gape, huffish flesh- 

 colour ; legs white, with a faint pink shade. 



110. Megalophonus crassirostris (Vieill.). Thick-billed 

 Lark. 



Very plentiful in Cape colony. 



111. Megalophonus africanoides. Smith. 



I shot a specimen at Durban, where I occasionally met 

 with it in the high grass at the edge of the bush. When dis- 

 turbed it would only fly for a short distance. 



112. CoLius striatus. Lath. Cape-Coly. 



A very common bird about Durban and Pinetown. They 

 are mostly found in the thick scattered bushes in small flocks 

 of from six to a dozen. When disturbed they fly in a straight 

 line to the next nearest covert, one after another. On the 

 15th of March, while at Pinetown, I found a nest containing 

 one pure white egg ; it was placed in a bush two feet from the 

 ground, and was open and shallow, the bottom part of old 

 dried grass, with the sides and lining of dead leaves. 



113. Corythaix musophaga (Dubois). White-crested 

 Touraco. 



A pair of these birds flew across my path while in the 

 thick wood about twelve miles east of the Umgeni, when 

 I procured one. Beak orange-brown ; irides brown ; legs 

 black. 



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