the Pretoria Zoological Gardens. 91 



40. MoTACiLLA CATENSis, L. Cape Wagtail. 



A single example entered the large flight aviary tbrough 

 the wire netting on the 25th June this year, and has lived 

 there happily ever since. The bird is fairly common in the 

 Gardens and an early breeder, A nest with three young 

 ones was found in a clump o£ pampas grass in September of 

 last year. 



41. Pycnonotus latardi, Gurn. Blackcap Bulbul. 

 Visits in the fruit season. 



42. ZosTEROPS viRENS, Suud. White-eye. 

 Common at times. 



43. Chai^comitra amethystina (Shaw). Black Sun- 

 bird. 



Common in the Gardens, especially when the Erythvina 

 trees are in bloom. I took tw^o ticks [Hyalomma agyptiiim) 

 from the forehead and throat of an example brought in for 

 sale from the bush veld. The ticks were kindly identified 

 by the Gov. Vet. Research Laboratories of Pretoria, 



44. CiNNYRis LEUCOGASTER, Vieill. White-breasted Sun- 

 bird. 



I have seen several of these pretty little Sunbirds haunting 

 the grounds. 



45. CiNNYRis MARiQUENSis, A. Sm. Bifasciated Sun- 

 bird. 



I had seen only a solitary individual now and then prior 

 to this spring, but during September of this year there wor*^ 

 dozens in the grounds. They seem very partial to the white 

 flowers of an acacia, and have a sweet little song, not unlike 

 that of the Mountain Canary. 



46. CiSTicoLA TiNNiENS (Lcht.). CommoH Grass - 

 Warbler. 



Fairly common along the river. 



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