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in pairs and small parties, more usually the former, and is 

 rather wild and difficult to approach. The flight is swift and 

 often high overhead, and the call is a whistle. As a rule, it 

 sleeps and breeds on ledges in the more inaccessible positions 

 in the mountains. 



The soft parts are : — Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and 

 toes black.] 



8. Amydrus gaffer, 



CC. Klipfontein, Apl. to June (9). 



As compared with birds collected at Deelfontein (Sharpe, 

 ' Ibis/ 1904, p. 366), the Namaqualand birds are rather 

 shorter in the wing, averaging about 145 mm. against 

 about 155. 



I have not been able to find the Port Elizabeth example of 

 this species mentioned by Reichenow as being in the British 

 Museum. He distinguished it by its darker colour and 

 larger size as var. intensetincta, and perhaps the Deelfontein 

 birds may be referred to this race, as was done by Sharpe. 



[The Pale Red-winged Starling was only found in Nama- 

 qualand, where it is quite plentiful. In appearance and 

 habits it greatly resembles A. morio. except that in the 

 winter season it congregates in much larger parties than 

 that species does. 



The soft parts are : — Irides bright yellow ; bill, legs and 

 toes black.] 



9. SpREO BICOLOR. 



Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch. (8). 



[Since the Central Cape Colony trip I have only noted 

 this Starling on the high upland veld in Northern Zululand 

 and Natal and the South-Eastern Transvaal. It is gregarious 

 in habit and very noisy, and spends much of its time around 

 herds of cattle, apparently feeding largely on ticks and flies 

 that are attracted by those beasts. 



The soft parts are : — Irides pale yellow ; bill black, 

 yellowish at base of lower mandible and gape ; legs and toes 

 black.] 



