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November. Common along the Tugela at Colenso, where I 

 obtained specimens, the same month " (R). 



Turdus guttatus, Vigors, Natal Thrush.— "I was shown a 

 specimen of this Thrush at Durban, in December, which had been 

 obtained in the bush, not far from the coast" (R). 



Turdus olivaceus, Linn., Olivaceous Thrush.— Appears to be 

 universally distributed. Butler obtained four, all males, in the 

 Drakensberg kloofs, near Newcastle, in August, three of which 

 were developed for breeding. In some the legs and feet were 

 brownish yellow, but in the adults yellow. Iris brown ; bill brown 

 above, yellow below. In some the upper mandible was partly 

 yellow also. Reid shot a male in the bush, close to the beach, at 

 Port Natal, on August 25th, and another, also a male, in the 

 Drakensberg (Newcastle), on September 19th. 



Chlorocichla flaviventris (Smith), Yellow-breasted Bulbul. — 

 Several seen, and one obtained, in the bush close to the town of 

 Durban, on April 9th (R). 



Andropadus importunus (Vieil.), Sombre Bulbul. — One, a 

 male, breeding, obtained near Camperdown Station, on the 15th 

 December (R). 



Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney, Black-eyebrowed Bulbul.— 

 Common everywhere. All our specimens are alike in having the 

 black unwattled eyelid. " Capt. Watkins, R.E., and I took a nest 

 containing three lovely eggs near Richmond Road, on the 7th 

 December. It was built in the fork of a small mimosa, and very 

 badly concealed from observation. I found these birds unusually 

 tame in the bush near Durban at the end of December; they 

 remained perched on the telegraph-wires, a few yards from passing 

 carriages and pedestrians. I did not shoot one, but presumed 

 they were males watching over their sitting spouses" (R). 



Crateropus jardinii, Smith, Jardine's Babbling Thrush. 



" Lieut. Harkness, of ' The Welsh ' Regt., shot one near Ladysmith 

 in November, and kindly presented it to me " (R). 



Monticola rupestris (Vieil.), Cape Rock Thrush.— Found com- 

 monly in the kloofs at the foot of the Drakensberg, near Newcastle, 

 and evidently breeds in that neighbourhood. 



Monticola explorator (Vieil.), Sentinel Rock Thrush. 



Numerous in all parts of the Newcastle district, frequenting the 

 stony " kopjes," throughout the winter, but only a few scattered 

 pairs remained to breed. Shy and retiring at first, they soon 



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