40G 'Mr. ^X. L. Sclater on Birds culleded 



top of tlie same tree in the early morning and indulging in 

 a wild erratic sort of song ; they looked for the tnomeut 

 much like Missel-Thrushes. 



The solt parts are : — Irides deep lirown ; l)ill dark brown, 

 lower uuiudible yellow ; legs and toes whitish horn-coloured.] 



295. TURDUS GURNEYI. 



Z. Sibudeui, Jan. (5) ; Tv. Zuurbron, Apl. (1); Wood- 

 busli Hills, Nov., Dec. (3). 



Nest with two young taken at Sibudeni, Jan. 30th. 



The nest does not seem to have been described before, and 

 I believe the eggs are not known. The male, female, and 

 two nestlings taken on January 30tli are in the collection. 



The nestling is fulvous brown aljove with fulvous-yellow 

 shaft-streaks ; the wing-coverts already shew the charac- 

 teristic white spots and ti])s ; the under parts are pale fidvous 

 yellow, most of the feathers being tipped with a black band, 

 forming a rather irregular black cross-banding, 



[I found this su])posiHl rare Thrush quite common in the 

 forests at Sibudeni, Zululand, and in the South-Eastern and 

 North-Eastern Transvaal. It is essentially a bird of the 

 forests and is somewhat shy ifi habits. it was found 

 breeding in the Nkandhla forest at Sibudeni, and several 

 nests were seen, but only one was occupied and that contained 

 two young. The nest, which was comptjscd entirely of moss, 

 was placed on a large horizontal limb of a tree some twelve 

 to fourteen feet from the grouiul and was overhanging a 

 native footpatli. Both the adults were very bold and 

 excited when the nest was robljcd and were easily secured. 



Tlie soft parts of the adult are : — Irides brown ; bill black ; 

 legs and toes whitish horn-coloured. 



In the nestling the bill is brown and the gape [)alo 

 yellow.] 



29f). TuRDUS OLIVACEUS. 



CC. Table Alt. slo})es, Feb. (2) ; Knysna, Dec, Jan. 

 (2); Z. Sibudeni, Oct., Nov., Jan. (7) ; Tv. Zuurbron, 

 Apl., May (4) ; Woodbush Hills, Nov. (:}). 



[" Umse " of Zulus. 



