ANDROPADUS HYPOXANTHUS. 205 
the neighbourhood of King William’s Town; it was also included 
in Mr. T. C. Atmore’s collections from Hland’s Post. _ Captain 
Shelley found it very common in the bush about Durban, and it 
occurs as high as Macamac and the Lydenberg district, where Mr. 
F. A. Barratt obtained several examples. 
Le Vaillant calls this bird “ L’Importun,” but we have not found it 
to manifest its presence by its importunity, as says that author. We 
have generally found it in thickets, moving ‘quietly about in search 
of insects, and darting upon them while at rest: we have sometimes, 
but rarely, seen it on the ground, scraping among dead leaves. 
Le Vaillant states that it builds on branches of large trees, and lays 
four or five eggs, marked with olive-colour; and Mr. Atmore 
informs us that it nests near the ground, the eggs being like those 
of Lanius collaris. This would agree with Le Vaillant’s statement 
that they are marked with olive-colour. Mr. Ayres observes :— 
“Tn Natal these birds are very destructive to fruit, but fortunately are 
not nearly so numerous as the Pycnonoti. They inhabit the dense 
brush generally. They are not easily seen in consequence of their 
sombre green plumage and their habits of hiding, to which they 
trust for safety, rather than to flight. Their note much resembles 
the ‘chisick’ of the House Sparrow at home, but is much louder ; 
they have also a short warbling song. Besides fruit, insects form a 
considerable portion of their food.” 
General colour uniform dull olive-green, lightest on the under 
side; feathers of the wings and tail edged with yellow; some thin, 
long, hair-like bristles protrude from the back of the head; bill 
black, with serrations near the tip of the upper mandible ; legs horn 
colour; iris ‘“‘very pale yellow” (Shelley), “ pale green” (Ayres). 
Tength, 7’ 9’” ; wing, 3” 9’; tail, 3’’ 9”. 
Fig. le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 106. 
189. Anpropapus HyroxanTHus, Suarre. Yellow-breasted Bulbul, 
Two specimens of this new Andropadus were collected by Dr. 
Kirk, at Tette, in the Zambesi country, and were doubtfully referred 
to A. flavescens by the late Mr. Gray. The examination, however, 
of the true A. flavescens, shows that the Zambesi bird is not the 
same, as it differs in its brighter and more yellow colour above, and 
below it is of a brilliant yellow, without any of the dark olive brown 
