Jfu'ds'' A''/y.s in ihe Transi'aal MuseuDi. <?7 



1508. Saxicola pileata (Gni.). (Capped Wlieatoar.) 



1. Clutch 3 : Oct. 1005. Graliain.stown, Cape Colony : 



e coll. II. H. Ivy. 



2. Clutch 2 : Dec. 1898. Same locality and collection. 



3. One egg : Jan. 1894. Same locality and collection. 

 All much alike ; .shape oval ; texture smooth and surface 



slightly glossy. 



Colour. Dirtv white with a yellowish-pink tinge. On one 

 egg are a very few very small yellowish-brown pale spots. 

 Sizes. Max. length 2l'0 mm. 

 „ breadth 20-4 „ 

 Min. length 24-6 „ 

 „ breadth lO'O „ 

 Mean length of 5 (the sixth is damaged and cannot be 

 accurately measured) 25*88 ; mean breadth 19*G2 nun. 



313 A. Saxicola familiaris galtoni (Stricikl.). (Galton's 

 Chat.) 



Clutch 3 : 26. 11. 02. Potchefstroom, Transvaal : e coll. ? 



Shape oval ; texture smooth ; not much gloss on surface. 



Colour. Ground-colour a warm bluish-green ; surface 

 somewhat sparingly spotted with small pale rusty brown 

 s])()ts^ which, though scattered over the surface, are more 

 abundant at the obtuse end; in one egg there is a tendency 

 for the spots to zone. 



Sizes. 19-8 x 15-7 ; 20-5 x l;r8 ; 19-7 x 15-2 mm. 



315. Emargixata sinuata (Sund.). (Sickle - winged 

 Chat.) 



One egg : March. SpringTontein, Orange River (Colony : 



e coll. R. H. Ivy. 

 Shape oval ; texture smooth and surface slightly glossed. 

 Colour. Pale greenish- blue. 

 Size. 20-8 X 14-9 mm. 



327. TARyiGER STELLATL'S (Vieill.). (White-starred Rush 

 Robin.) 



Clutch 3: 1.2.00. Kilgobbin, Natal: e coll. Austin 



UulKTts. 



