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Genus PYRROCHIRA, Reichenb. 
Pyrrochira caffra (Linn.). 
(Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 
Pyrrhocheira caffer, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 169 (1890). 
Amydrus catfer, Shurpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8S. Afr. p. 480 (1875-84) ; 
Stark, Fauna 8. Afr. Birds, i. p. 28 (1900). 
Pyrrhocheira caftra, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 380; Reich. Voy. Afr. i. 
p- 697 (1903). 
Onychognathus caster, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 103 (1906). 
Pyrrochira cattra, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 534 (1909). 
Pyrrhochira catira, Netrk. Kat. Liersamiml. p. 351 (1910). 
An egg of the Pale-winged Starling is of a rather pointed oval 
shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, finely treckled and 
spotted all over with reddish-brown and lilac, the markings being 
most numerous towards the larger end. It measures 1-3 by °89. 
1. Nels Poort, Cape Colony (7. C. Crowley Bequest. 
Atmore: Tristram Coll.). 
Genus AMYDRUS, Cabanis. 
Amydrus morio (Linn.). 
Lamprotornis morio, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvili. fig. 8 
( ] 845-54). 
Amydrus morio, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 431 (1875-84) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 161 (1890): Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, 
p. 830; Rk. B. § J. D.S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 406 ; Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersammil. p. 1383 (1899) 5 Stark, Fauna 8S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 26 
(1900): Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 699 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. S. Afr. 
Orn. Union, ii. p. 74 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, vy. p. 585 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 351 (1910). 
Onychognathus morio, Shelley, Birds Afr. Vv. p. 105 (1906). 
Eggs of the Cape Glossy Tree-Starling vary 1 shape from a 
regular oval to a blunt oval and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. 
‘Yhey are of a greenish-blue colour, sparingly speckled and spotted 
with rufous, deep purplish-brown and lilac. They vary in length 
from 1:17 to 1:47; and in breadth from *83 to ‘99, The eggs of this 
species are said to be sometimes uniform blue without markings. 
4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
2, South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]- 
4. Grahamstown, C. Colony, 25th Oct. B. E. Jupp, Esq. (C4 
(Be cE). 
