rrcNONOTUS. 



315 



Pycnonotus capensis (Linn.). 



Ixos rnpen^is, Thieji. Fvrtjiflavz, (jes. Vd(/. tab. xxvii. figs. 13, a, h, c 



(1845-54). 

 Pycnonotus capensis, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 207 (1875- 



84) ; Dresser, Birds Bur. iii. p. 361 (1875) ; S/ucrpe, Cat. Birds 



B.M.\i. p. 130 (1881); Neltrk. Kat. Eicrsmnml. p. 44 (1899); 



Sharpe, Hand-/, iii. p. 329 (1901) ; Stark, Birds S. Africa, ii. p. (31 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Cape Yellow- vented Bulbul in the Collection are 

 of various types, and mcasuic from -8 to "92 in length, and from 

 •02 to '7 in breadth. 



2. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



3. S. Africa (E. L. Layard: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Pycnonotus layardi, Gumcy. 



Pycnonotus nigricans {nee V.), Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 209. 



Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 390 ; 6harj)e, Cat. Birds 



J5. ikf. vi.'p. 132 (1881); Kehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 44 (1899); 



Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 229 ; Sharpe, Hnnd-l. iii. p. 329 (1901) ; 



Starh, Birds S. Africa, ii. p. 03 (1901). 



The eggs of Layard's Yellow-vented Bulbul in the Collection arc 

 closely alike and of the densely-spotted type of coloration. They 

 measure from -86 to -90 in length, and from -62 to 65 in breadth. 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



Pycnonotus nigricans (Vieill.). 



Pycnonotus nigricans, Andersson, Birds Damara-l. p. 119 (1872) ; Sharpe^ 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 134 (1881); id. Hand-l. iii. p. 330 (1901) ; 

 Stark, Birds S. Africa, ii. p. 64 (1901). 



The eggs of Vieillot's Yellow-vented Bulbul in the Collection are 

 sijeckled and also marked with small blotches. They measure 

 respectively : -93 by '67; "8 by '62; -82 by -63. 



3. Ondonga, Ovampo-land, April ( C. J. Crowley Bequest. 

 Andersson : Tristratn Coll.). 



Pycnonotus xanthopygus (Bempr. 4' Ehr.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 19.) 



Ixos xauthopygius, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 30; 18G5, p. 81; 18G6, 



p. 292. 

 Pycnonotus xanthopygus. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 357 (1875) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 135 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. EiersavmU. p. 44 



(1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 330 (1901). 



