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



161. Bycanistes buccinator (Temm.). Trumpeter Horn- 

 bill. 



Rare. Sometimes seen flying with melanoleucus. Feeds 

 on beetles, scorpions, centipedes, &c. 



162. LoPHOCEROS MELANOLEUCUS (Licht.). Crowncd 

 Hornbill. 



Common, but very shy when nesting. 



163. Hapaloderma narina (Stephens), Narina Trogon. 

 Not common. Nests in holes in trees and lays pure 



white eggs. 



164. Geocolaptes olivaceus (GmeL). Ground Wood- 

 pecker. 



Fairly common on the rocky sides o£ high hills. The 

 nesting-holes are situated in the sides of dongas and kranzes, 

 also in cuttings. They lay four glossy white eggs. 



165. Campothera notata (Licht.). Knysna Woodpecker. 

 Fairly common, nesting in dead trees. 



166. Dendropicus cardinalis (GmeL). Cardinal Wood- 

 pecker. 



Fairly common. 



167. Thripias namaquus (Licht.). Bearded Kingfisher. 

 Scarce. 



168. Mesopicus griseocephalus (Bodd.). Olive Wood- 

 pecker. 



Fairly common. 



169. Iynx ruficollis, Wagler. South African Wryneck. 

 Rather rare in the neighbourhood of Grahamstown. 



Commoner in Upper Albany. Nests in holes in trees, but 

 since the introduction of the so-called American aloe it has 

 become very partial to the flower-stems of this plant as a 

 nesting-site. 



An egg from Grahamstown (December 1895) is of an 

 " elliptical oval " shape, slightly pointed at the larger end and 

 somewhat blunt or rounded at the smaller end. The ground- 

 colour is creamy white with the merest tinge of lavender-buff. 



