80 Mr. J. A. Bucknill oti South African 



character, however, o£ many South African birds — perhaps 

 in the case of species in which it is hitherto unexpected — is 

 a matter well worth careful stud3\ 



223. Chlokocichla flaviventris, A. Sm. (Yellow- 

 bellied Bulbul.) 



Clutch 2 : 1899. Durban, Natal : e coll. Major Sparrow. 



Shape ovate ; texture smooth ; surface glossy. 



Colour. Very handsome : whitish ground-colour, warmly 

 marbled with superficial splashes and dots of light brown 

 tinged with greenish yellow, and sub-surface markings 

 showing up in dark slate. 



Sizes. 24-8 x 16-7 ; 25-8 x 17- G mm. 



226. PHYLLOSTRorHUS CAPENSis (Sw.). (('apo Bristle- 

 necked Bulbul.) 



1. One egg : Jan. 1901. Grahamstown, Cape Colony : 



e coll. R. H. Ivy. 



2. Clutch 2 : 8. 12. 00. Kilgobbin, Howick, Natal : 



e coll. Austin Roberts. 



Ovate shape ; smooth texture and fair gloss. 



Colour. Ground-colour greyish-white ; shell marbled with 

 suffused splashes, bdth superficial and sub- surface, which 

 show a marked tendency to zone at obtuse end. Both over 

 and under markings are of an olive smoky grey, and the 

 general colouring is not unlike that of the egg of Capri- 

 mulyus europceus (European Nightjar). 



Sizes. 23:5xl5-t; ; 23-1 X 17-0 ; 230x17-1 mm. 



229. Parisoma yuBC^RULEUM (Vioill ). (Tit Babl)ler.) 



1. Clutch 2: 29.11.02. Potchefstroom, Transvaal; 



e coll. Austin Roberts. 



2. One egg + one egg of Cocctjdes jacohimis (Black-and- 



White Cuckoo) : same date, loc, and coll. 



Babblers' eggs are tapering oval in shape, smooth texture, 

 and not much gloss. 



Colour. Ground-colour white, delicately splashed with 

 superficial splashes and spots of pale yellow-ochre ; sub- 

 surface splashes rather darker in ap})earauce. 



