426 EULAT3ETIDJE. 



"1. Ovampoland, Damaraland, March Orowley Bequest. 



(C. J. Andersson: Tristram 



Coll.). 

 1. N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola, 26th Dr. W. J. Ansorge [C.]. 



Oct. 



Genus SPREO, Lesson. 



Spreo bicolor (Gmel.). 

 (Plate XIX. figs. 4 & 6.) 



Lamprotornis bicolor, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Voy. tab, xxxviii. fig. 9 

 (1845-54). 



Spreo bicolor, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 429 (1875-84) ; 

 Butler, Feilden # Meid, Zool. 1882, p. 25t> ; tiharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 187 (1890); Kwchel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 330; Kehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 123 (1899), p. 352 (1910) ; Stark, Fauna S.Afr., 

 Birds, i. p. 30 (1900) ; Reich. Vby. Afr. ii. p. 673 (1903) ; Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. v. p. 85 (1906) ; Haayner $ Ivy, Journ. S. Afr. Oru. 

 Union, iii. p. 78 (1907) ; Backnill, Journ. S. Afr. Orn. Union ^ iv. 

 p. 75 (1908) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 542 (1909). 



The eggs of the Common Cape Tree-Starling are mostly of a 

 pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. They are of a deep bluish- 

 green colour, the majority being plain, and others spotted with pale 

 lilac-red. They measure from 1*14 to 1*3 in length, aiid from *b2 to 

 9 in breadth. 



3. South Africa. Gould Coll. 



3. South Africa. Gould Coll. 



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



4. South Africa. W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Cape Colony (T. C. Atmore : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Cape Colony (JE. L. L. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. Howiespoort, Cape Colony, 5th B. E. Jupp, Esq. [P.], 

 Dec. (L. Palmer). (With one 

 egg of Indicator major.) 



3. Howiespoort, 28th Dec. (B. E. J.). B. E. Jupp, Esq. [P.]. 



(With one egg of Indicator 



major.) 

 1. Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 23rd Colonel A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



Nov. (C. H. B. Grant $ E. C. 



Seimund). 

 1. Kurumau, British Bechuanaland, B. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 



2nd Jan. Esqrs. [C. ]. 



4. Kuruman, 2nd Jan. R. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 



Esqrs. [C.]. 



5. Natal ( T. Ayres : Tristram Coll.). Orowley Bequest. 



4. Ladysmith, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid [C.]. 



5. Arnersfoort, E. Transvaal, Oct. Hon. J. A. Bucknill [P.]. 



