and collected in Pondoland. 181 



2. CoRVUS SCAPULATUS. Picd Crow. 



Common at Lusikisiki, scarcer at Flagstaff, ami rare at 

 Biguna. 



3. CoRVUS CAPENSis, Black Crow. 

 Not common except at Biguna. 



4. BuPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. Red-billed Oxpeckcr. 

 Rather scarce : only found in the low country near the 



coast. 



5. Amydrus morio. Red-winged Starling. 



Very common everywhere, building in cliff's at the mouth 

 of the Umzikubu River on ledges, sometimes only a few feet 

 above the water. 



6. Lamprocolius phcenicopterus. Red - shouldered 

 Glossy Starling. 



Common everywhere except near the coast, where they are 

 scarcer. 



7. Lamprocolius melanog aster. Black-bellied Glossy 

 Starling. 



Very common in the forest country along the coast, 

 especially at Port St. Johns. 



8. Oriolus galbula. Golden Oriole. 



Very rare. I saw a pair at Bizana in February 1906, and 

 secured the female (immature). They were very wild, and 

 I only managed to secure this specimen by discovering that 

 they roosted in a certain plantation, where I waited for them 

 one evening. I never saw the other again ; I believe it was 

 a mature male. 



Eyes crimson ; beak black, reddish at base ; feet and leo-s 

 slate. 



9. Oriolus larvatus. Black-headed Oriole. 

 Common in all the bush country and rather tame. 



10. Hyphantornis spilonotus. Spotted-backed Weaver. 

 Common everywhere. 



11. Hyphantornis subaureus. Yellow Weaver. 



Not very common ; commonest at Flagstaff along the banks 



