P Y K K OC H 1 11 A . AMY DHUS. 



Genus PYRROCHIRA, Reichctib. 



Pyrrochira caffra (Linn.). 

 (Plate XIX. tig. 1.) 



Pyrrliocheira caffer, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 169 (1890). 

 Aniydrus cutler, b/uiri>t', cd. Laijard, Birds S. Afr. p. 430 (J 875-84) ; 



'Stark, Fauna 8. Afr. Birds ji. p. 28 (1900). 

 Pyirliocheira catfra, Kuschel, /./. O. 1890, p. 330; Reich. Voy. Afr. ii. 



p. 697 (1903). 



Onychognatlius carter, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 103 (1906). 

 Pyrrochira caffra, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 534 (1909). 

 Pyrrkochira catira, Netirk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 351 (19.10). 



An egg of the Pale-winged Starling is of a rather pointed oval 

 shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, finely freckled and 

 spotted all over with reddish-brown and lilac, the markings being 

 most numerous towards the larger end. It, measures 1-3 by *U9. 



.1. Nels Poort, Cape Colony (T. C. Crowley Bequest. 

 Atmore : Tristram Coll.}. 



Genus AMYDRUS, Cabanis. 



Amydrus morio (Linn.). 



Lamprotbrnia morio, Thien. Fortpjianz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxviii. fig. 8 



(1845-54). 

 Amydrus morio, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 431 (1875-84) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 161 (1890) : Kiischel, J.f. O. 1895, 



p. 330 ; R. B. $ J. D. S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 406 ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 26 



(1900) : Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 699 (1903) ; Biwknill, Journ. S. Afr. 



Orn. 'Union, ii. p. 74 (1908) ; Sharpe t Hand-l. v. p. 535 (1909) ; 



Xehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 351 (1910). 

 Oiiychognathus morio, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 105 (1906). 



Eggs of the Cape Glossy Tree-Starling vary in shape from a 

 regular oval to a blunt oval and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. 

 They are of a greenish-blue colour, sparingly speckled and spotted 

 with rufous, deep purplish-brown and lilac. They vary in length 

 from 1-17 to 1'47 ; and in breadth from -83 to '99. The eggs of this 

 species are said to be sometimes uniform blue without markings. 



4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Grahamstown, C. Colony, 25th Oct. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C 1 .] 

 (B. E. J.). 



