100 DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



ranges from Grahamstown in the Cape, through Natal 

 to Zanzibar. 



It is more like the Fiskal in its habits and pugnacity, 

 and like it, this Bush-shrike attacks other birds. 



The eggs, taken by H. Millar, were creamy, marked 

 with grey and brown irregular spots. 



The Genus Nicator is represented by but one species 

 (N. gularis) which does not interest us further, as it is 

 scarce within our limits, extending from Nyasaland to 

 Zululand, whence the Woodwards record it. 



The Genus Lanioturdus, with also but one species, does 

 not concern us either. 



The last Subfamily, Prionopince, contains but two 

 genera with three species, Sigmodus retzii, S. tricolor, 

 and Prionops talacoma, which are all scarce birds within 

 our limits. 



BABBLERS. 



Of the Family Crater opodida, our first genus under the 

 heading of Bush birds is Andropadus, with two species, 

 only one of which, the well-known Sombre Bulbul (A. 

 importunus), concerns us at present. It is known 'to the 

 Dutch as Boschvogel from its bush loving habits, and is 

 fairly common in the bush districts of the Cape. 



Near Grahamstown, where it is known as the " Pila- 

 wit," it is one of the hosts of the Cuckoos (Coccystes 

 jacobinus, liypopinarius, serratus, and Cuculus clamosus). 

 It nests from November to January, building a small 

 neat shallow structure of beard moss and twigs, and lays 

 two eggs of a creamy-grey ground, prettily marbled 

 with very pale and dark purplish-brown blotches. A 



