72 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on South African 



structure, about a foot in diameter and composed of twigs, 

 rag, wool^ hair, and miscellanies, was placed at the fork of 

 the branch of a large mimosa tree about 35 ft. from the 

 ground. 



In shape they are a tapering elongated oval ; the texture 

 is smooth ; surface glossy. 



Sizes. Maximum length 43"9 mm. 

 Minimum „ 41*0 „ 

 Maximum breadth 27*7 „ 

 Minimum „ 2G'5 „ 

 Mean length of the six 42'5 mm. 

 „ breadth „ 27*0 „ 

 Colour. The ground-colour is a very pale bluish-green ; 

 the eggs are rather thickly blotched and streaked with spots 

 and lines of varying size and length of greenish-yellow brown. 

 The eggs are rather in general appearance like those of the 

 English Carrion Crow (C corone, Linn.). Jn three of the 

 eggs of clutch 1 and in one of 2 the markings are evenly 

 distributed ; in one of clutch 1 and one of 2 the markings 

 are much less abundant at the narrower end. 



3. CoRVUs CAPENSis, Licht. (Black Crow.) 

 There are sixteen eggs of this species in the Museum. Of 

 these perhaps it will suffice to describe : 



1. Clutch 4 : 15. 9. 02. Potchefstroom, Transvaal : e coll. 



A. Roberts. 



2. Clutch 3 : Sept. 1899. Mooi River, Natal : taken by 



Major Sparrow. 

 Clutch 1 is a beautiful and typical clutch. In sha})e a 

 tapering elongated oval ; texture smooth ; surface rather 

 dull. 



Sizes. Max. length 51-0 mm. 

 Min. „ 48-5 „ 



Max. breadth 31-8 „ 

 Min. „ 30-G „ 

 Mean length 49*8 „ 

 ,, breadth 31'2 „ 



