18 Mr. G. C. Shortridge on the Birds collected 



eggs of the English Sparrow-Hawk (A. nisus), but are 

 smaller and the markings are fainter. The nest in each 

 case was high up in a yellowwood-tree and well concealed 

 by green moss. 



50. PoLYBOROiDES TYPicus. (Harrier Hawk.) 



Mr. H. Millar has three eggs of this species taken at the 



Elandslaagte Falls, Natal, in September, a few years ago. 



They are large ovals covered with blood-red blotches, almost 



concealing; the white ground-colour. 



III.^ — Notes on the Nest and Eggs of Coliopasser ardens 

 (Red-collared Widoio Bird). By F. J. Ellemor. 



(Plate III.) 



Whilst collecting at Witpoorje (about sixteen miles from 

 Johannesburg on the Randfontein line) on the 4th December, 

 1904, in company with my friend Mr. Duncan, I found the 

 nest and eggs of C. ardens. The nest was built amongst the 

 fine long grass and weeds about 18 inches from the ground 

 and measures 4| by 3j inches; it is kidney-shaped, with 

 the opening on one side near the top, and is constructed of 

 fine grass, with the heads attached and woven towards the 

 inside of the nest. The grass-heads at the top of the opening 

 are woven into the growing grass, being thus attached to it 

 and forming a canopy. The eggs were three in number, of 

 a greenish blue blotched with slate-colour overlaid with 

 olive-brown (whilst fresh). They have since faded to a 

 duller tint. Two measure 0*81 X 0*55 inch and oneO'77x 

 0"51 inch. 



IV. — Birds collected cmd observed around Hanover^ Cope 

 Colony, from July 20th to the end of September li)03. 

 By Guy C. Shortridge. 



[The birds here described by Mr. Shortridge are now in the 

 South African Museum, (/ape Town. Only those species 



