the Transvaal Museum from J3oror. 50 



yellowish. Long. 228-231 & 2U-21G ; W. 107-113; Tl. 

 "«1)-'JG ; Ts. 28-32 ; V. ll)-22. 



These specimens are all uiuloubtedly referable to the siib- 

 sjtec'ies desc'rll)ed by Peters; but other specimens in the 

 collection from Beira, while agreeing in colour, somewhat 

 exceed the measurements given by lieichenow ; specimens 

 from the Eastern Transvaal again are smaller than those from 

 Beira, but in colour come nearest to the llustenburg 

 specimens. 



As can be seen from the number of specimens obtained, 

 this Thrush was fairly common, but, like all its African 

 congeners, very shy when once alarmed. Most of the 

 specimens were secured while they were searching for their 

 food in open, moist ground on the border of the clearing at 

 Villa Pereira or under the large trees where there was little 

 undergrowth. Three nests with eggs were found during the 

 latter part of September and October near Buruma — the tirst 

 situated on a stump surrounded by sprouting twigs, the 

 second in the fork of a large tree, and the third amongst the 

 leaves of a ])arasitic ])lant ; all at a height of about twelve 

 feet from the ground. The clutches varied both in shape 

 and colour, some being almost round, others elongated, and 

 the spots were distributed either more profuselvat either end 

 or evenly over the whole surface. The two clutches pre- 

 served give the following measurements : — 30. 9. 08: 24 x 20, 

 25-Gx2i), and 23-7 X 19-4. 18.10.08: 27-1 x 18-8 and 

 20-3x1 9. 



COSSVPHA HEUGLINI, Hartl. P. 2339. 



The wild and varied notes of this species were always much 

 in evidence near tangled patches of scrub and reeds in the 

 river-beds ; and though I tried again and again to secure a 

 s])ecimen, I did not succeed in shooting one by following its 

 song, although I frequently came suddenly on it as it was 

 singing, but it invariably saw me just as I was in the act of 

 shooting and darted away in a flash. I shot one sj)ecimen 

 quite by chance one evening just before dark, when I could 

 not see what I was tiring at, but this specimen, together with 



