84 Messrs. A. Haagner and R. H. Ivy on the 



36. Serinus icterus (Bonn. & Vieill.). Eastern Yellow 

 Seed-eater. 



Fairly plentiful, frequenting the wooded hill-sides and 

 kloofs. The nest is similar to that of S. canicoUis, but is lined 

 with fibre, and is generally adorned on the outside with some 

 green moss, a fact which we have never noticed to be the 

 case with nests of S. canicoUis. The eggs have a few inky 

 streaks on the obtuse ends. 



37. Serinus scotops (Sundev.). Stripe-bellied Seed-eater. 

 Occasionally met with. The collection contains two 



females. 



38. Alario alario (Linn.). Mountain Canary. 



Only an occasional winter visitor to Albany, where they 

 were trapped in cages prior to the Wild-Birds Protection Act. 



39. "^Chrysomitris totta (Sparrm.). South African 

 Siskin. 



Rare in Albany. Only a single specimen was taken. 



40. Emberiza flaviventris (Vieill.). Golden-breasted 

 Bunting. 



Fairly plentiful. The nest is generally placed in the fork 

 of a small tree six to ten feet from the ground, but is never, 

 according to our experience, placed on the ground or in thick 

 bush, neither do they build in the kloofs. The nest is cup- 

 shaped, and is constructed of grass beautifully lined with long 

 stiff hairs, such as horse-tail hair. The eggs, with their 

 exquisite scroll-like markings forming a wreath round the 

 obtuse ends, are well-known. 



[Two eggs from Graham stown are of a " short ovate " 

 shape, of a pure whitish blue-grey colour with a very faint 

 tinge of lavender, and with lavender spots and dark purple- 

 brown streaks and scrawls, forming a zone about one-eighth 

 of an inch deep on the broader end of the shell. They are 

 slightly glossed and measure respectively 20'0 x 15 mm. 

 and 2(V5 x 10. Fig. 3, Plate III. (H. G.)]. 



