IC Major R. Sparrow on the 



40. LoPHOCEEOS ERYTHRORHYNcnus. (Red-billed Horn- 

 bill.) 



Two clutches of eggs of this species were taken by Mr. P. 

 Kranz at Pienaar's River, Transvaal, in October 1893. 

 Their coloration is a dirty white, and they resemble the eggs 

 of Z-. melanoleucus (Crowned Hornbill), but are a good deal 

 smaller. Three to four eggs form the clutch. The eggs are 

 now in the Pretoria Museum. 



41. Geocolaptes olivaceus. (Ground- Woodpecker.) 

 According to my experience, the usual number of the 



clutch appears to be two or three, not four or five. 



42. Campothera bennetti. (Bennett's Woodpecker.) 

 Five eggs of this species, taken by Mr. P. Krantz at 



Matlabas in 1894, are white ovals, a little smaller than those 

 of C. ahingdoni (Golden-tailed Woodpecker). 



43. Iynx ruficollis. (South African Wryneck.) 



Very common at Waschbank, Natal. It lays three eggs 

 in old holes of Woodpeckers, or in a natural hole. The eggs 

 are smooth, white, and almost perfect ovals ; it nests from 

 the middle of August till the middle of October. 



44. Barbatula pusilla. (Tinker Bird.) 



I took two fresh eggs of this species — small white ovals — 

 from a dead limb of a mimosa, about ten feet from the 

 ground, at Waschbank, Natal, on the 5th November, 1902. 



45. Trachyphonus cafer. (Le Vaillant's Barbet.) 



This species is fairly common in the thorns near Waschbank. 

 On the 23rd October, 1903, I found a nest in a hole in a 

 camel-thorn, about two feet from the entrance, containing 

 four hard-set eggs which were laid on the chips. (I caught 

 the cock bird on the nest.) Another nest containing three 

 efffs was taken on the 5th November, 1903, in the same 

 locality. . The eggs are white ovals, rather rough, and half 

 as large again as the eggs of L. torquatus (Black-collared 

 Barbet) . 



