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moderate, and somewhat rounded ; the tail moderate, and 

 slightly emarginated ; the tarsi short and scutellated ; 

 the toes moderate, the lateral ones generally unequal. 



Genus CRITHAGRA. Swainson 

 Bill short, swelled on every side ; the upper mandible 

 smaller than the under, and considerably wider above than 

 it is high ; culmen arched from its base ; commissure curved ; 

 wings moderate, the three first quills nearly equal ; tail 

 moderate, slightly forked ; tarsus shorter than the middle 

 toe ; lateral toes equal ; claws lengthened, slender, acute, 

 and but slightly curved, the hinder as long as its toe. 



439. Orithagra ScotopS, Sundev. ; Ofvers. Kong. 



Vat. Akad. Forhandl. 

 General colour, yellowish-green, with brown centres to 

 many of the feathers of all the upper parts, except the 

 rump ; under parts less marked, except on the flanks ; 

 belly and vent immaculate ; forehead and chin almost black, 

 a narrow eyebrow extending from each nostril over the eye, 

 and a half-collar above the neck, bright yellow ; tail and 

 wing primaries brown, faintly edged with green. Length, 

 5"; wing, 2" 10'"; tail, 2". 



Sent from Swellendam by Mr. Cairncross. Found also at the Knysna 

 by M. Victorin ; and in Kaffraria by Prof. Wahlberg. 



440. Oritliagra Sulphurata. (Linn.) Swain., 



Jardine and Selby's Orn., t. 109, f. 1 ; Buprinus 

 Sulphuratus ; Loxia Sulphurata, L. ; Brimstone Gros- 

 beak, Shaw., Vol. 9, p. 313; Critfmgra Alhogularis, 

 Smith, S. Af Q. J., p. 48, the 9. 



General colour, yellow, very faintly striped with rufous 

 below, and much variegated with dark- brown above, a 

 yellow band extends from the nostrils over each eye ; the 

 outer edges of the wing and tail feathers, bright -yellow ; 

 rump rather free from the brown markings of the back. 

 Length, 6" 2'" ; wing, 3" 2'" ; tail, 2" 5'". 



Keceived from Mr. Cairncross, Swellendam. It is apparently not 

 uncommon in that district, extending as far westward as Caledon. 

 It is also plentiful at Nel's Poort, where I took the eggs in some 

 abundance. The nest is usually placed in a low bush, often only 

 a few inches from the ground : it is very compact, and cup-shaped ; 

 the eggs, generally four in number, are white, slightly tinged with green, 

 and dotted at the obtuse end, mostly in an annular form, with in- 

 tensely dark or light purple spots, with here and there a wavey 

 streak : axis, 10"' ; diam., 7'". 



