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of No. 195, all from the same pair of birds, our old friends of 

 last year. This makes thirty-four of the sort, all or nearly all 

 from the one pair of birds !! They build in my kraal-walls ; 

 and no sooner are their eggs taken than they set to work 

 and make up another nest in a fresh place, finish it, and lay 

 again in a very short time.'' 



198. Saxicola infuscata. Sir A. Smith describes this as the 

 " rarest of the South-African Saxicolce," and " principally, if 

 not entirely, restricted to the districts between the Oliphant 

 and Orange Rivers, and seldom occurs far from the sea-coast.'' 

 I saw it abundantly between Saldanha Bay and Mamre on the 

 west coast. Mr. Jackson has it plentifully at Nels Poort, and 

 Mr. Ortlepp at Colesberg. Eggs from the former are of a 

 lively light verditer, much speckled with rather large dark red- 

 brown spots and blotches, sometimes forming a ring at the 

 obtuse end; axis 11'", diam. 8'". They are well marked and 

 handsome eggs, and the nest is cup-shaped and placed in a 

 bush. 



204. Saxicola mariquensis. Mr. Ortlepp finds this spe- 

 cies at Colesberg. 



318. ZosTEROPs LATERALIS. Mr. Ortlepp has sent two spe- 

 cimens of this pretty little bird from Colesberg. Wahlberg's 

 " Upper Kafiraria " is probably further to the northwards. 



221. MoTACiLLA AGUiMP. Eggs scut by Mr. Ortlepp are 

 light brown, profusely speckled throughout with dark brown, 

 chiefly at the obtuse end; axis 11'", diam. 7'". They were pro- 

 cured on the banks of the Orange River. 



223. Anthus capensis. Eggs of this species vary much, as 

 do those of all the genus ; they are usually of a whitish or cream- 

 coloured ground, plentifully spotted, but chiefly in a ring at the 

 obtuse end, with brown and pale purplish spots of different 

 shades and sites; axis 13'", diam. 9"'. 



Mr. Atmore says it is not found anywhere on Karroo soil. 



226. Anthus soRDiDus. Foundat Colesberg by Mr. Ortlepp, 

 but sparingly. 



