from the Amsterdam District. 15 



19. CiNNYRICINCLUS LEUCOGASTER YERREAUXI. (Ver- 



reaux's Glossy Starling.) 



(a) (^ . 18.10.06. Swazieland. Iris yellow. In stomach 

 insects. 



These beautiful Starlings are migratory in this district, 

 arriving about the beginning of September. By the middle 

 of October they are fairly common, always going about in 

 pairs ; so that I think they must breed in this locality. 

 Sometimes I found them very wild and difficult to approach, 

 although, as a rule, they are not very shy. 



22. Oriolus larvatus. (Black-headed Oriole.) 



(a) ? . 14.6.06. Indhlovudwalilie. Iris claret-red. In 

 stomach insects and seeds. 



(h) S j^^v. 10.7.06. Indhlovudwalilie. 



Common. These birds often frequent Red Aloes which 

 grow in this district, where they apparently hunt for insects; 

 on two specimens which I shot I found the feathers round 

 the beak and throat very thickly covered with pollen, giving 

 the bird a peculiar appearance as if it had a red beak and 

 head or as if dipped in a red colouring solution. 



30. *SiTAGRA OCULARIA. (Smith's Weaver-Bird.) 

 Not common. A pair of these birds were nesting in a tree 

 overhanging the Compise River in the beginning of October^ 

 I noticed that some of the same birds had nested in the same 

 tree the year before. 



33. SiTAGRA CAPENSis OLiVACEA. (Eastern Cape Weaver- 

 Bird.) 



(a) ? . 17.6.06. Indhlovudwalilie. Iris brown. In 

 stomach insects. 



(h) ? (J . 16.10.06. Swazieland. Iris whitish with a 

 tinge of yellow. 



The head and neck of this bird (a) was thickly covered 

 with the red pollen of the " Kaffir-boom," on which it had 

 been feeding. 



The plumage of {h) is curious, as the bird is just assuming 

 breeding colours ; the yellow is beginning to show on the 



