by Mr. Claude Grant m South Africa. 295 



often found the nests, I have not succeeded in obtainiug the 

 eggs. Tlie call is a sharp " pine pinc^^ continuously uttered. 

 The soft parts are : — I rides dark liazel ; eyelid dark plum, 

 powdered with white; bill and legs and toes black.] 



219. Pycnonotus layardi. 



Z, Sibudeni, Nov. (1) ; Jususie Valley, Nov., Dec. (5) ; 

 Umfolosi Station, Aug. (1) ; Hluhluwe Stream, Aug. (1) 

 Ngoye Hills, Oct. (2) ; Tv. Zuurbron, ApL, May (3) 

 Woodbush, Dec. (1) ; Klein Letaba, July, Aug.^ Sept. (4j 

 Legogot, ^lay (1) ; P. Coguno, July, Aug. (2) : Masam- 

 beti, Nov. (1) ; Beira^ Nov., Dec, Jan. (3) ; Tambarara, 

 Mch., July (2) ; Tete, Aug. (1). 



[" Poativa '^ or " Isaponya ^' of Zulus. 



Commonly observed in Natal, Zululand, the South-Eastern, 

 Eastern, and North-Eastein Transvaal, round Pretoria, and 

 in the Inhambane, Beira, Gorongoza, and Tete districts of 

 Portuguese East Africa. 



This is a very common bird everywhere, and does great 

 damage to fruit. I do not believe that these Bulbuls are 

 gregarious in the true sense of the word, though congregating 

 at common feeding-grounds. The call is not unlike that of 

 the Cape Bulbul. When alarmed or excited through the 

 intrusion of banoks or snakes, this species is very noisy and 

 wdl approach the object very close, keeping continually on 

 the move and constantly raising and lowering the crest and 

 jerking the tail up and down. It usually places its nest in 

 the fork of a tree, but I have seen it sandwiched between 

 the leaves of bananas. 



The soft parts are: — Irides dark brown, no wattle; bill, 

 legs and toes black.] 



220. Pycnonotus nigricans. 

 CC. Klipfonteiii, Apl. (2). 



[Since the Central Cape Colony trip, this Bulbul has only 

 been found in Namaqualand, where it is not nearly so 

 common as P. capensis. It closely resembles that species in 

 habits and call. 



The soft parts are: — Irides red-brown, eyelid orange; 

 bill and legs black.] 



