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Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — In M. Levaillant's bird the 

 under parts, from the breast are white, the under tail coverts yellow ; 

 tail even at the end, and the wings reach a very little way beyond 

 the base of it. 



The female is smaller, and paler in colour ; it makes the nest in 

 the bushes, and lays five eggs. These birds are found chiefly in the 

 Eastern parts of the Cape, and in the inhabited places. 



A Variety is said to occur, which is nearly white, but the yellow 

 under tail coverts are still conspicuous. It is a chattering species, 

 feeds on berries and insects, and called by the Dutch, Geel-gat, or 

 Yellow Tail. It is also met with in India, at least a slight Variety ; 

 the general colour rufous brown, beneath dirty rufous white ; quills 

 and tail brown, one or more of the outer feathers of the latter white, 

 or at least so on the outer web ; the under tail coverts have only a 

 tinge of yellow. — From the drawings of Sir J. Anstruther, where it 

 is named Bulbuli-huzu-daustaun. 



A.— Merle a cul jaune du Cap de B. E. Buf. iii. 390. PL enl. 317. Gen. Syn. iii. 71. 



90. Var. A. 

 Le Brunoir, Levail. Afr. iii. 38. pi. 106. 1. 



This is somewhat larger than the last, and the plumage not 

 unlike it. The head and throat black ; the bill seems stronger at the 

 base, and somewhat more curved, than usual in this Genus. 



The female is smaller, and the colours pale. In M. Levaillant's 

 figure the black does not extend so far on the throat, only the head 

 being black, and the eyelids orange ; which circumstance has not 

 entered former descriptions, but this red part is not seen in dried 

 specimens ; it is not considered by him, as a Variety. It is a lively, 

 and chattering bird, many assembling in the evening on some bush, 

 flying after insects, though not always so successful, or adroit, as the 

 Flycatcher ; is common about the borders of the great river, in the 

 Namaqua country, so as to make it easy to kill fifty in a morning : 

 the nest is made in thick bushes, and the eggs are five, of a pale olive. 



