sen BuUetin of the Brithh 



what harsh and p:rating lovo-call of this species eouhl he 

 licard at all times of the day, hoth in the city and suhurbs, 

 although it was not always easy to discover the exact position 

 of the uttcrcr. The call is something like the three syllables 

 ' kali-kiuj-vliou,' \\\i\\ the last note much prolonged. The 

 bird was evidently intending to breed everywhere, like our 

 "Wood-Pigeon in the parks of London and Paris. 1 also 

 occasionally saw and heard a rather smaller Dove with a 

 much softer and quite different call, which I take to have 

 been Turtur senegalensis. 



" The other birds that I most i'requently noticed in the 

 o-ardens at Capetown were the Cape Sparrow {Passer 

 arcuatus), the Cape Wagtail {Mofnri/ln capensis), and the 

 Collared Shrike [Lan'ms coUaris). 



'^ The Ca])e Sparrow is certainly not nearly so abundant as 

 its British representative in London, but seems to have 

 uearlv similar habits. It was commencing to breed in the 

 gardens, and builds nests similar to those of its European 

 ally. The Cape Wagtail may be seen pursuing insects on 

 the well-kept grass-plots surrounding the Parliament House, 

 and is quite tame and familiar. 



"The Collared Shrike, which I saw every day on passing 

 through the Municipal Gardens up to the Museum, shows 

 its pied plumage well amongst the green foliage of the trees. 

 It is a most ferocious little villain, and if care is not taken 

 it will enter the verandas and kill the pet birds tliere 

 suspended in their cages. Two instances of the death of 

 canaries in this way occurred during my stay in Capetown. 



''The Olivaceous Thrush {Tvrdiis olivacens), the ' Sprew ^ 

 Starling {Amydrus morio), the so-called Cape ' Eobin ' {Cos- 

 sypha caffra), and the Bakbakiri Bush-Shrike [Laniarius 

 bakbakiri) are four other species that are occasionally seen 

 in the gardens of the town and suburbs, but I should not 

 call any one of them abundant. The Olivaceous Thrush picks 

 about on the ground like our Song-Thrush, and the Bush- 

 Shrike has somewhat similar habits, but attracts attention 

 by a variety of sweet whistling notes and is ?aid to have 

 imitative faculties. 



