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DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



subsequently by Austin Eoberts, Journal of the South African 

 Ornithologists' Union, June, 1906. The eggs arc; covered 

 with blackish-brown blotches and streaks. 



BUNTINGS 



The subfamily Emberizinai is also a small group of birds, 

 but contains the handsome Golden-breasted Bunting (Embe 



Fig. 86. — Golden-breasted Bunting at nest. 



riza flaviventris), which is fairly plentiful in the eastern 

 districts of the Cape and in the Pretoria Bushveld. 



So far as our experience goes the nest is never placed on 

 the ground, but usually six to ten feet high in the fork of a 

 small tree — never in thick bush or kloofs. The eggs, four 

 in number, are white, with most beautiful scroll-like, wavy 

 lines, forming a wreath round t lie obtuse ends. The nosl is 

 cup-shaped, composed of twigs and grass, and usually neatly 

 lined with long'stiff hair or fibres. Its song is rather plaintive 



