Barber to a District, Transvaal. 169 



towards antelope by perching on the topmost twigs of trees 

 in front of you to utter its loud call-note : a practice which 

 has a wearing effect on the sportsman's temper, since the 

 game recognize its purport ! 



21. Dendropicus cardinalis, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 190. 



A female on 21st xMay and a male three weeks later. Both 

 birds were shot in a densely-wooded kloof, and the loud 

 tapping they made on the tree-trunks as they fed resounded 

 through the prevailing stillness. 



25. TuRDUs LiTsiTsiRUPA, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 198. 

 This was obtained on two occasions, when it came to feed 



on the insects driven out by grass-fires on 31st May and 

 10th June. Both the birds which I skinned were males, and 

 members of a party barely numbering half a dozen. 



26. Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney; Sharpe, Cat.B. vi.p. 132. 

 One female only was obtained at Fever Creek on 5th 



July, but the species, though sparingly distributed, was not 

 uncommon. 



27. Crateropus jardinii, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 212. 

 From a party of six birds on 2iid August I shot a female. 



Their alarm-note is harsh and clattering, and it is astonishing, 

 as one after another they join in the chorus, what a noise a 

 few birds can produce. I found large grasshoppers in the 

 stomach. The irides had an outer ring of deep orange that 

 merged into bright yellow at the papillary margin. 



28. CossYPHA humeralis, L. & S., B. S. Afr. p. 228. 



I collected three of these birds, two males and a female, 

 on 26th INIarch, 2nd June, and 12th July respectively. The 

 latitude of Barberton is 26° 40', which corresponds with Sir 

 Andrew Smithes observations as to its geographical range, 

 " North of 26°." The iris was hazel, and the stomach con- 

 tained insects. 



29. Myrmecocichla bifasciata, (Temm.); Seebohm, Cat. 

 B. V. p. 355. 



On 22nd April I shot a male at the bottom of a rocky 

 donga perching on large boulders. It was in full moult, 

 and its stomach was filled with black ants. 



