74 Mr. J. A. Bucknill on South African 



ExcliiJino- the dwarf egg, the measurements of the 

 remaining eight are : — 



Max. length 48-S mm. 



Min. „ 43-4 „ 



Max. breadth 32-(; „ 



Min. „ 30-0 „ 



Mean length of the eight eggs AG'b ram. 

 ,, breadth „ „ 31'0 ,, 



A nest taken at Koodoo's Poort, Pretoria district, and in 

 the Pretoria Museum, is about a foot in diameter, made of 

 twigs and lined with hair and a little wool. It was plnced 

 in the branches of a small tree about 15 ft. from the ground. 



5. BrPHAGA ERYTHRORHYNCHA (Stan.). (Red-billed Ox- 

 pecker.) 



One egg : 21. 2. 01. Howick, Natal: e coll. Austin Roberts. 



In shape nearly oval, slightly attenuated to one end ; 

 texture smooth ; surface dull. 



Size. 23-5 x 17-0 mm. 



Colour. Ground-colour dull white, with a few small spots 

 of reddish brown. 



6. Creatophoracarunculata (Gm.). (Wattled Starling.) 

 One egg : Oct. 1903. Grahamstown, Cape Colony : ecoll. 



R. H. Ivy. 



In shape oval, tapering somewhat to the one end : texture 

 smooth ; surface rather but not very glossy. 



Size. 29-8x21-G mm. 



Colour. Very pale blue. 



7. Amydrus morio (L.). (Red- winged Starling.) 



1. Three eggs : Oct. 1900. Durban, Natal : taken by 



Major Sparrow. 



2. Three eggs: 4. 2. 01. Karkloof, Howick, Natal : e coll. 



Austin Roberts. 



3. One egg : Jan. 1893. Koonap, Cape Colony, with one 



egg of Coccystes glandarius (Great Spotted Cuckoo) : 

 o coll. R. H. Ivv. 



