88 Messrs. A. IIa;igncr ami li. II. Ivy on the 



67. Parus cinerascens, Vieill. Grey Tit. 

 Fairly common. 



68. Parus nicer, Bonn. & Vieill. Black Tit. 



Fairly common ; nesting in holes o£ trees from November 

 to February, after which they gather into small flocks. 



G9. tEgithalus minutus, Shaw. CJape Penduline Tit. 



Fairly common in Upper All)any, though only sparingly 

 found close to Grahamstown. The nest is often made of the 

 cotton-like seeds of several of the local wild plants, and is a 

 very firm felt-like structure. In localities where sheep are 

 plentiful the nest is made of wool and is then exceedingly 

 strong. 



70. Lanius collaris, Linn. Fiscal Shrike. 

 Very common everywhere. 



71. Lanius collurio, Linn, Red-backed Shrike. 



Not uncommon in Upper Albany from November to March. 

 We have a suspicion that it breeds here occasionally, but have 



not proved this satisfactorily as yet. 



72. Telephonus senegalus (Linn.), Black-headed Bush 

 Shrike. 



Very common. Nest often placed between two aloe-leaves. 

 The eggs are of a blunt " ovate " shape, with the ground-colour 

 creamy-white, the larger end profusely streaked and scrawled 

 with reddish and lavender, the former tint prevailing ; on the 

 lower part of the shell the lavender colour almost disappears, 

 and the red takes the form of longitudinal and narrow 

 elongate spots intercepted with smaller ones evenly distributed, 

 but leaving the ground-colour quite conspicuous. It measures 

 2.5 X 18-5 mm. Fig. 11, Plate III. 



73. Telephonus tchagra (Vieill.). Tchagra Bush Shrike. 

 Fairly common. The nest resembles that of T. senegalus, 



but is smaller. The eggs — usually three in number — are of 

 an " ovate " shape, the ground-colour creamy white slightly 

 tinged with lavender, spotted and streaked with underlying- 

 lavender of a rather light shade, and in addition there arc 

 oblique dark })urplc-brown streak-like spots fairly evenly 

 distributed, forming on the larger end an indistinct area but 



