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on the berries of the “ Persian Lilac,” and when that tree is in fruit 
any number might be shot by a person lying in ambush near. When 
feeding, they keep up a continued chattering, and as they usually 
go in flocks of ten or fifteen in number, their presence is soon 
detected. 
These birds conceal their nests so skilfully, that they are rarely 
detected, notwithstanding their numbers. It is composed of rootlets, 
lined sometimes with hair and feathers, and is generally placed in 
the fork of a tree or large bush. The eggs, three or four in number, 
are a lovely pale pink, densely spotted and blotched with dark pink 
and pale purple, presenting a most beautiful appearance : axis, 11”; 
diam., 73’”. 
Victorin procured the present species at the Knysna, as did 
Andersson also. We have noticed that a specimen procured by Mr. 
H. Atmore, at George, was smaller than the ordinary Cape examples, 
measuring only 3°55 inches in the wing, and 0°8 inch in the tarsus, 
but whether this is a sexual difference or indicative of a small race, 
we do not know. The range of the species is certainly confined to 
the colony, and it probably does not extend beyond the neighbour- 
hood of East London and Port Elizabeth. Mr. Rickard records it as 
common near the former place, but not so plentiful at the latter as 
the next species. 
General colour, brown; the head a little deeper in colour, but not 
blackish; wings and tail, darker brown; under surface of body 
brown like the upper; the centre of the belly whitish, washed 
with yellow towards the vent; under tail-coverts bright yellow; “a 
dark red wattled eyelid”? (Shelley). Total length, 8°2 inches; 
wing, 3°8; tarsus, 0°85. 
Fig. Dresser, B. Eur. part xxxix. 
191, Pycnonorus TRICOLOR. Black-eyebrowed Bulbul, 
After the observations made in the foregoing paragraph it is not 
necessary for us to say more than that this, the second species of 
Pycnonotus, is to be told by the absence of a wattle round the eye, 
the eyelid being simply rather swollen and black, and by its white 
breast and belly, the brown chest ending in a tolerably well-defined 
line: it is likewise distinguished by its black cap. 
This Bulbul is more a bird of the Eastern districts, but we found 
it replacing P. capensis at Nel’s Poort. Major Bulger sent it from 
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