504 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on the 



Q»Q. Saxicola galtoni. 



Saxicola galtoni (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, t, c. p. 234. 



A specimen from the Ivuna River, below the Nongoma 

 range. 



" Female. Nest in a hole in a bank. Three eggs — blue, 

 spotted with brown." 



67. Pratincola torquata. 



Pratincola torquata (Linn.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 250. 

 One male and one female from Eschowe and one male 

 from Santa Lucia Lake, June 1895. 



68. Erythropygia leucophrys. 



Erythropygia leucophrys (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vii. p. 74. 



Aedon leucophrys, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 

 p. 252. 



No. 5. A series from Eschowe and one from Ulundi. 



69. CiSTICOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA. 



Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 266. 

 No. 17. One adult from Ulundi and two from Eschowe. 



70. Cisticola terrestris. 



Cisticola terrestris (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 266. 



A male from the Ivuna River, below the Nongoma range. 

 " This bird inhabits open grass- land, and flies high in the 

 air with a jerking motion, making a cracking noise with its 

 wings, and uttering a metallic cry at the same time. It 

 darts suddenly down to the ground, which it quits again 

 immediately and repeats the performance." 



71. Cisticola lugubris. 



Cisticola lugubris (RUpp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 280. 



Cisticola fulvifrons, Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 

 p. 264. 



No. 14. An adult from Eschowe. 



