PYROMELANA. oo 
It measures -55 by -44. This specimen agrees exactly with the 
description and measurements given by Nehrkorn. 
1. Zanzibar. Crowley Bequest. 
Pyromelana capensis (Linn.). 
(Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 
Pyromelana capensis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 463 
(1875-84) : id., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 236 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. 
LTversamml. p. 124 (1899), p. 380 (1910); Stark, Fuuna S. Afr, 
Birds, i. p. 180 (1900) ; Shelley, Birds Ajr. iv. p.73 (1905) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909). 
Orynx capensis, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 337. 
Kuplectes capensis, Reich. Vog. Afr. ili. p. 126 (1904). 
Eggs of the Black-and-Yellow Bishop-bird are almost elliptical 
in shape, the two ends being but very slightly dissimilar ; they are 
somewhat glossy. They are of a pale-green colour, thickly blotched 
and streaked with ash-brown and pale purplish-grey. The markings 
are more or less confluent over the whole shell. They measure 
from *75 to °88 in length, and from °58 to -63 in breadth. 
6. South Africa. FE. L. Layard, Esq. [P.). 
2. South Afriea. J.D.S. Parry-Evans, Esq. [P.]. 
3. South Africa (£. LZ. L.). Crowley Bequest. 
Pyromelana approximans (Cahanis). 
Pyromelana minor (feichenb.), Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 238 
(1890). 
Juplectes capensis approximans, Reich. Voy. Afr. iii. p. 127 (1904). 
Pyromelana capensis minor, Sparrow, J. S. Afr. Orn. Ui. p. 10 (1905). 
Pyromelana approximans, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 416 (1909). 
One egg of the Lesser Black-and-Yellow Bishop-bird is similar 
in shape, colour, and markings to some of those of P. capensis. 
It measures °8 by °56. 
1. Highlands, Natal, 27th Dec. Mejor R. Sparrow [E. }. 
Pyromelana taha (Smith). 
(Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 
Fuplectes taha, Gurney, in Andersson's Birds Damaral. p. 171 (1872). 
Pyromelana taha, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 465 (1875-84); 
ad., Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 242 (1890); Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, 
p. 337; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Bods, i. p. 128 (1900); Reich, 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 114 (1904) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 84 (1905) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 417 (1909); Nehrk. Kat, Eiersammil. p. 830 
(1910). 
Eggs of the Taha Bishop-bird are of a regular or slightly 
pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They are greyish-white, 
with minute dots and a few small spots of purplish-black thinly 
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