NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



The Bulbuls. 



Variously knov/n as the Geelgat, Kuif-Kop, Toppie, 

 Blackhead, Ipoti, Bosch Vogel, Iwili. 



(Genera — Pycnonotus and Andropadus.) 



Diet. — The diet of all the species of bulbuls consists mainly 

 of fruit and berries, and they are consequently a great pest to 

 fruit growers. They also feed on insects and their larvae and 

 the nectar of flowers. 



Out in the forests and elsewhere, when away from the 

 neighbourhood of fruit gardens, the bulbul is of economic 

 value ; but it is otherwise an unqualified pest owing to its 

 great fondness for fruit. The bulbuls feed their young entirely 

 on insect life. 



The Tit-Babbler. 



(Genus — Parisoma.) 



Diet. — Insects and their larvae which it finds in bushes, 

 scrub, and trees. 



The Warblers. 

 Variously known as Grass Birds, Ting-Ting, 

 Kloppertje, Ndogwe, Tinky, etc. 



(Genera — Sylvia^ Prinia^ Phylloscopus., Locustella., Jcrocephalus^ 

 Hypolais., Schcenicola^ Bradypterus^ Ph/exisj Jpalis., Spilop- 

 tila^ Euryptila.^ Chlorodyta., Chcetops., Pinavornis.^ Crypto- 

 lopha^ Sylviella^ Eremomela., Camaroptera^ Calamonastes^ 

 and Cisticola.) 



Diet. — The diet of the warblers consists entirely of insects 

 and allied forms of life. There are a large number of genera 

 and a host of species of warblers in South Africa. Some species 

 inhabit the open veld (karoo and grass veld) ; others frequent 

 the reedy and rush-covered swamps and margins of rivers j 

 other species make their homes in patches of weeds, amongst 

 the crops, in scrub, bushes, and trees. 



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