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67. PsiTTACUS Meyeri (Riipp.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 195. Meyer's Parrot. 
a. Witfontein, July 1873. 
b. $ Holfontein, July 1873. I"s very light hazel. (Another $ 
shot, brighter in plumage, had the iris hazel round pupil, then burnt 
sienna.) 
c. $ Second Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, September 4, 1874. 
Iris hazel round pupil, then orange ; bill blackish slate-colour ; legs 
and claws dusky black. 
d. $ Tati, October 7, 1874. Bill and legs dark slate-colour. 
e. 2 Tati, October 9, 1874. Bill and legs dark slate-colour 
Seeds in stomach. 
Order PASSERIFORMES, 
Family TURPID^. 
68. TuRDUS LITSITSIRUPA, Smith : Sharpe, /. c, p. 198, South African 
Thrush. 
a. $ ,b. 2 Pair of thrushes shot together near Eland's River, July 
1S73. Iris hazel. 
c. 2 (Ovary very rudimentary). Tati, March 19, 1874. Iris dark 
hazel ; upper mandible dusky black, under one orange ; legs flesh- 
colour. 
d. ^ Tati, October 1874. 
69. Myrmecocichla formicivora (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, /. c, p. 231. 
Southern Ant-eating Wheatear. 
a, b. $ Near Newcastle, May 30, 1873. Iris hazel. Stomach 
very muscular, containing seeds and beetles. Found perchjng on ant- 
hills, from which it rises with a hovering flight, something like a Sky- 
lark. 
70. Saxicola Galtoni (Strickl. and Sclater) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 234. 
Familiar Chat. 
a. $ (?) Ladysmith, May 25, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 
b. ^ Inyati, October 2, 1873. Iris rich hazel-brown. Native name 
" Envachli." 
71. Saxicola pileata (Gm.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 238. Capped Wheatear. 
a. Pietermaritzburg, about the beginning of May 1873. 
b. ^ , c. 2 John Scott's Fami, Transvaal, June 19, 1873. Iris dark 
hazel. 
72. Saxicola Shelleyi, Sharpe, /. c. p. 246. Shelley's Wheatear. 
(Plate A.) 
a. Ramaqueban River, a few miles above the drift, on the way to 
Gubuleweyo, June 24, 1874. Iris dark hazel; bill, logs, and claws 
black. Gravel and beetles in stomach. This bird seems to have a 
habit of climljin;/ about in trees. 
