368 Mr. E, L. Layard on South- African Ornithology. 



228. Anthus leucophrys. Nest, a cup under a tuft of 

 grass. Eggs very variable, usually a cream-coloured ground, 

 profusely spotted throughout, but closest at the thick end, with 

 spots of various shades of brown and purple; axis 11'", diam. 



7". 



230. Anthus caffer. Eggs sent by Mr. Ortlepp are dirty 

 white, spotted with dark and light brown spots of various sizes; 

 axis 91'", diam. 6^'". 



Anthus chloris, Licht., Cat. 1842, sp. 49; Bonap., 



Consp. Av. i. p. 248. 



This new addition to the Cape fauna was shot near Graham's 

 Town, and forwarded for my inspection by Mr. Glanville, the 

 courteous curator of the Albany Museum, to whom I am in- 

 debted for many very interesting specimens that have lately 

 been discovered in that neighbourhood. 



244. Petrocincla explorator. Eggs of this fine Rock- 

 Thrush precisely resemble those of the preceding species, P. 

 rupestris; and it breeds in similar places. 



270. Platystira pistrinaria. The nest of this species, 

 which eluded the researches of Le Vaillant, is one of the prizes 

 that has rewarded my son's early efforts in collecting. On the 

 20th of last November he discovered a nest at Grootevaders- 

 bosch near Swellendam, built in a "wait-a-bit" bush, about 

 six feet from the ground, cup-shaped, formed of bents and 

 fibres, lined with horse-hair, and covered externally with lichens. 

 The eggs, hard-set, were of a dull white, tinted with green, more 

 or less spotted with pale brown dots, and surrounded at the ob- 

 tuse end by a very broad band of close-set, large, brown and 

 brownish-purple blotches ; axis 9'", diam. 6i"'. 



273. Tchitrea cristata. My son has been fortunate 

 enough to find several nests of this Long-tailed Flycatcher. 

 They resemble those of the preceding, but are larger. The 

 eggs are of a rich cream-colour, spotted, chiefly at the thick end, 

 with rich red spots, with here and there a dark purple one. 

 These spots usually form a more or less distinct circle at the 

 extreme top ; at other times they are distributed generally over 



