PyEBOCHIRA. — AMTDEUS. 423 



Genus PYEEOCHIRA, Reichenb. 



PyrrocMra caffra (Linn.). 



(Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 



Pyrrhoclieira caff'er, Sharpe, Cat. Birda B. M. xiii. p. 169 (1890). 

 Amydrus catter, iihurpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 430 (1875-84) ; 



Stark, Fauna iS. Afr. Birds, i. p. 28 (1900). 

 Pyrrhocheira caifra, Kuschel, J.f. 0. 1895, p. 330; Reich. Voy. Afr. ii. 



p. 697 (1903). 

 OnychogDathus ca.tter, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 103 (1906). 

 Pyrroclura caflra, Sharjje, Rand-l. v. p. 534 (1909). 

 Pyrrhochira cafira, Nehrk. Eat. Eiei-samml. p. 351 (1910). 



An egg of the Pale-wingad Starling is of a rather pointed oval 

 shape and somewhat glossy. It is pale blue, finely freckled and 

 spotted all over with reddish-brown and lilac, the markings being 

 most numerous towards the larger end. It measures 1'3 by "89. 



1. Nels Poort, Cape Colony (T. C. Crowley Bequest. 

 Atniore : Tristram Coll.). 



Genus AMYDRUS, Oabanis. 



Amydrus morio {Linn.). 



Lamprotornis morio, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxviii. fig. 8 



(1845-54). 

 jLmydrus morio, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 431 (1875-84) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 161 (1890) : Kuschel, J.f. O. 1896, 



p. 330 ; R. B. ^J. U. S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 406 ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 133 (1899) ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 26 



(1900) : Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 699 (1903) ; Bucknill, Journ. S. Afr. 



Orn. Union, ii. p. 74 (1908) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 635 (1909) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 351 (1910). 

 Ouychognathus morio, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 105 (1906). 



Eggs of the Cape Glossy Tree-Starling vary m shape from a 

 regular oval to a blunt oval and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. 

 They are of a greenish-blue colour, sparingly speckled and spotted 

 with rufous, deep purplish-brown and lilac. They vary in length 

 from 1"17 to 1'47 ; and in breadth from -83 to -99. The eggs of this 

 species are said to be sometimes uniform blue without markings. 



4. South Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Grahamstown, C. Colony, 2oth Oct. B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C] 

 [B. E.J.). 



