THE J U K N A 1. 



OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' DNION. 



VoL V. OCTOBER 1909. No. 2. 



IX. — ' On Birds collected between Bidawayo avd tlie 

 Tegwani River. By E. 0. Chubb, F.Z.S. 



The following birds were collected by Mr. Richard Dougla?, 

 to whom I am indebted for allowing me to examine them, 

 during a short trip from Bulawayo to the Mission Station 

 on the Tegwani River, in which the Khami, Gwaai, and 

 Manzamnyama Rivers were crossed respectively about 10, 

 27, and 30 miles north-west of the railway. The altitude is 

 about 4500 feet. 



1. CiNNYRlCINCLUS LEUCOGASTER VERREAUXl (Bocage). 



Verreaux's Glossy Starling. 



a. S ]y. 15 March. Gwaai River. 



h. S • 17 „ Gambo's. 



c. S - 24 „ Nonyonko's, Manzamnyama River. 



a is in the brown plumage ; there are no signs of the 

 metallic violet feathers of the adult appearing. 



2. Oriolus larvatus, Licht. Black-headed Oriole. 

 Gwaai River. 

 Tegwani River. 



Gambo's, Manzamnyama River. 

 Nonyonko's, Manzamnyama R. 

 The heads of c and d are mottled black and yellow, except 

 the ear-coverts, which are entirely black ; the breasts iire 

 streaked with black, and the bills are black. 



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