LUSCINID^E. 1 1 7 



and fibres, covered with cobweb and lichens, and lined with hair, and 

 is shaped like a cup, about 3 inches across by 2| deep. The eggs, five 

 in number, are of a beautiful, spotless blue, rather sharp at the ends : 

 axis, 8'" ; diam., 6'", 



216. ZosterOpS Palllda, Swainson's Animals in 



Menag., p. 294. 



PALE, greyish olive ; beneath yellowish-white, tinged with 

 Isabella on the body and flanks ; wings and tail very light- 

 brown ; inner wing-covers white. Length, 4" 3'" ; wing, 

 2" 2'"; tail, 1" 11'". 



This very rare species was first described from a specimen collected 

 by Dr. Burchell. The example in the S. A. Museum was probably sent 

 from Swellendam by Mr. Cairncross, as it bears traces of his stuffing. 

 A second example has been received from Mr. Atmore. 



217. Zosterops Virens, Sundev., ibisVoi. ISGI, 



p. 360. 



YELLOWISH- GREEN ; belly yellow ; flanks green ; lores black; 

 above yellow. Length, 4J" ; wing, 2" 2'". 



Inhabits Upper Kaffraria (Wahlb.), loc. cit. Found also by Mr. 

 Ayres in Natal, where they are plentiful in the spring of the year. 



218. Zosterops Lateralis, Sund, ibis VOL 



p. 358; Z.Alyssinica, Gu&r., Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 162. 



ABOVE, pale olive- green ; beneath whitish ; flanks fulvescent- 

 grey ; throat and vent yellow ; neck tinted with fulvus ; ring 

 round the eye white. Length, 4" ; wing, 2" 2"'. 

 Upper Kaffraria, Wahlberg. 



The Sub-Family, MOTACILLIN^I, or Wagtails, 



have the bill moderate, generally slender and straight, with 

 the culmen curved at the end, and the sides much compressed 

 to the tip, which is emarginated ; gonys long and ascending ; 

 the nostrils lateral, and placed in a small groove ; the wings 

 long and pointed ; the tail more or less long, and usually 

 even ; the tarsi long, slender, and covered in front with 

 transverse scales ; the toes more or less long, the lateral toes 

 unequal,, and the outer slightly united ; the claws long, 

 slightly curved, and acute, that ' of the hind toe sometimes 

 very long. 



Genus MOTACILLA, Linn. 



Bill moderate, . straight, and slender, with the culraen 

 slightly curved, and the sides much compressed to the tip, 



