KgqK from Mount ( lurz/tcla, Smitlteni Hliodesui. ?t 



hiinselt" to be captnretl on tlie nest. Eotrs 5 ; fresli ; 44') hy 

 34, 44 by 34, and 43 by 35 nun. They are .^harply pointed 

 at the small end and rounded at the other ; and, in colour, 

 are palest brown, nearly white, the "pores," which are pitted 

 densely over the Qgg, being actually wdiite. There are no 

 spots whatsoeyer. 



31t0. Apaloderma nartna (Steph.). Narina Trogon. 



97. 3200 £t. 24. 1. 08.— In a hollow, 6^ feet from the 

 ground, at the top of a dry, chopped-ofF Bvachystegia tree. 

 The hollow was one foot deep by fiye inches in diameter, and 

 the eggs — one fresh, two slightly set — w^ero laid on rotten 

 pieces of the stump itself; there was no further attempt at a 

 nest. They are pure white, yery rounded, and measure 27 

 by 23-5, 26 by 23, and 27 by 23 mm. Odendaal waited for 

 the bird for three hours, without its putting in an appearance; 

 on the following day, howeyer, his brother, Mr. Paul Oden- 

 daal, captured the male on the nest by hand without difficulty, 

 " It is a yery sulky and sayage bird when caught alive. '^ 



410. Halcyon albiyektris orientalis, Peters, Peters's 

 Kingfisher. 



14. 3200 ft. 3. 1 1 , 07.— Nest in a hole, 30 inches deep by 

 2 in. wide (at the entrance), in the side of a dried-up dam. 

 The chamber was " four inches wide, and laid out with all 

 sorts of insect-shells and rotten wood.'' It contained three 

 young birds and one addled egg, this measuring 29 by 

 27 mm., and being smooth and white and even more spherical 

 in appearance than No. 12 (//. swdiusoui). 



411. Halcyon swainsoni, A. Sm. Grey-hooded King- 

 fisher. 



13. 3200 ft. 1.11.07.— A nest in the bank of the 

 Umswirizwi River in a hole in the ground that was only 

 12 inches deep by 2i wide. The four egg-^, hard-set, were 

 lyincr on scraps of rotten wood, and the cliitinous debris of 

 beetles, &c. They are glossy white and nearly spherical, 

 and the three survivors measure 20 by 23 mm. each. 



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