Eygs from Mount Clunnda. Southern Rlioclesia. 11 



718. Phyllastrephus milaxjensis (Shell.). Nyast-a 

 Bulhul. 



30. 3600 ft. 27. 11. 07.— A nest in a wooded glen near 

 Cliipete, nine feet from the ground, in the trailing twigs of 

 a large woody climber, containing two hard-set eggs, mea- 

 suring 26*5 by 18'5 and 25"5 by 18"5 mm. respectively, and 

 densely mottled on a white ground with more or less longi- 

 tudinal and streiiky markings of sepia and underlying iron- 

 grey. In one egg the grey markings are far more noticeable 

 than in the other, particularly as an ill-defined zone round 

 the thick end. These eggs, like those figured in ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1908 (p. 443), are of a peculiar shape, the increase in 

 width occurring very high up, and giving the egg almost a 

 j)yriform appearance. In coloration (not in shape or size) 

 the two eggs of clutch No. 30 much resemble a common 

 form of the egg of the English Tree-Sparrow (P. montanus) 



The bird showed great boldness, refusing to leave the nest 

 till the very last moa)ent. 



721. Phyllastrephus FLAVOSTRIATUS (Sharpe). Yellow- 

 streaked Bulbul. 



43. 3800 ft. 3. 12.07.— Three feet from the ground, 

 amongst the stems of a climbing shrub in the ('hirinda 

 forest, a nest with one egg, very hard-set, measuring 

 23 by 17 mm., was found. The egg had the usual ring 

 of a few bold, nearly black markings on a glossy ground 

 that is in this case rather duller, with more of a tone of 

 grey, than usual — possibly to some extent the result of 

 fading. For the more usual ground-colour, see 'Ibis,' 1908, 

 p. 443, pi. viii. 



The ovar}' contained a nearly full-sized egg, in spite 

 of the fact stated above. 



732. PYCNONOTrs barbatus layardi, Gurn. Black- 

 capped Bulbul. 



The collection contains 19 oggs, of seven clutches : five of 

 3 eggs each, two of 2. Dates: 16.11.07, 29.11.07 (very 

 hard-s-t), 4.12.07 (hurd-set), 27.12.07, 1. 1. 08 (hard-set), 

 18.1.08 (very hard-set), and 12.2.08 (slightly set, as were 



