26 Mr. C. H. Taylor o„ Birds 



inhabited by these birds there was a hiyer two or three inches 

 deep consisting of the legs, wings, and the hard part of the 

 head of ants. The tunnel holes, which were not always 

 straight, were about four to five feet in length in friable 

 clayish earth ; at the end of each tunnel was a cavity about 

 the size of a man's head. 



440. Uendropicus cardinalis. (Cardinal Woodpecker.) 

 (a) S . 11.6.06. Indhlovudwalilie. In stomach cater- 

 pillars. 



This is the most common Woodpecker in this district. I 

 have found it both in the thick bush and in the more open 

 country amongst the thorn-trees, 



441. Thripias namaquus. (Bearded Woodpecker.) 



(a) $ . 20.9.06. Swazieland. Iris claret. In stomach 

 caterpillars. 



The only one seen was procured ; it flew past me uttering 

 its harsh bote and settled on a mimosa-tree within a few feet 

 of where I was standing without apparently noticing me. 



442. Mesopicus griseocephalus. (Olive Woodpecker.) 

 (a) unsexed. ISwazieland, 26.7.06. In stomach insects. 

 Common in thick bush. Generally going about in small 



flocks of from four to eight. They are very noisy birds 

 whilst hunting through the bush, and utter a harsh scream. 



443. Iynx ruficolliis. (South African Wryneck.) 

 (a) ? . 2.10.06. Swazieland. In stomach insects. 

 (6) ? . 15.10.06. Swazieland. In stomach insects. 

 Fairly common. From March to the end of September 



only one was seen, in October they arrived in considerable 

 numbers. They generally go about either singly or in pairs. 

 On October 2nd 1 saw one fly out of a hole in a tree about 

 twenty feet from the ground where it was probably nesting, 

 but I had no opportunity of ascertaining whether this was the 

 case or not. 



447. Indicator minor. (Lesser Honey-Guide.) 

 ('I') c? • 21.7.06. Indhlovudwalilie. Iris brown. 



