DESCRIPTION, DISTRIBUTION, HABITS 



stone. The nest is cup shaped, and is composed of sticks and 

 rootlets Hned with hair or very Hne rootlets. Clutch, 3 ; eggs 

 pale blue, usually spotted sparingly with pale rust colour, the 

 spots frequently forming a ring at the larger end ; the eggs are 

 sometimes unspotted ; size, i.io by 0.75. 



Cape Thrush (^Turdus olivaceus). (Vol. II., p. 26.) 



Description. — Male : dark slaty tinged with olive above. 

 Throat whitish streaked with black and rufous. Dusky olive 

 on the breast, shading into orange-rufous on the abdomen and 

 sides. Iris light brown. Lower part of bill yellow ; upper 

 dusky. 



Total lengthy 9.40 ; tail, 3.75 ; wing, 4.80. 

 The female resembles the male. 



Distribution. — Cape Province, Natal, Zululand. 



Habits. — The Cape or olivaceous thrush inhabits the 

 bush-lands and seeks its food on the ground under the bushes 

 and in the glades. The nest is cup shaped, and is placed in a 

 fork in a low tree or thick bush. The nest is built of twigs and 

 roots bound together with moss and mud, or cow dung ; it is 

 lined with fine grass or rootlets. Clutch, 3 to 5. Eggs pale 

 greenish-blue, blotched and mottled mostly at the larger end 

 with reddish-brown. The eggs vary in size ; average size, 

 1.25 by 0.85. 



Cape Robin Chat (Cossypha caffm). (Vol. II., p. 31.) 



Description. — Olive-brown above, greyer on the sides of 

 the neck and crown, merging into rufous on the rump and 

 upper tail coverts. Tail bright orange-rufous, the outer edges 

 of the feathers edged with brown near their ends ; the two centre 

 feathers are dark brown. Eyebrow white. Sides of face 

 black. Throat, chest, thighs, and under the tail orange-rufous. 

 Rest of under parts slaty-grey, fading into dull white in the 

 centre of the abdomen. Iris brown. Bill and legs black. 



The female resembles the male. 



Lengthy 7.25 ; tail, 3.50 ; wing, 3.50. 



