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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
in pairs and small parties, more usually tlie former, and is 
rather wild and difficult to approach. The flight is swift and 
often high overhead, and the call is a whistle. As a rule, it 
sleeps and breeds on ledges in the more inaccessible positions 
in the mountains. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
8. Amydrus caffer. 
CG. Klipfontein, Apl. to June (9). 
As compared with birds collected at Deelfontein (Sharpe, 
‘ Ibis/ 1904, p. 366), the Namaqualand birds are rather 
shorter in the wing, averaging about 145 mm. against 
about 155. 
I have not been able to find the Port Elizabeth example of 
this species mentioned by Reichenovv as being in the British 
Museum. He distinguished it by its darker colour and 
larger size as var. intensetincta, and perhaps the Deelfontein 
birds may be referred to this race, as was done by Sharpe. 
[The Pale Red-winged Starling was only found in Nama¬ 
qualand, where it is quite plentiful. In appearance and 
habits it greatly resembles A. morio. except that in the 
winter season it congregates in much larger parties than 
that species does. 
The soft parts are :—Irides bright yellow ; bill, legs and 
toes black.]' 
9. Spreo bicolor. 
Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch. (8). 
[Since the Central Cape Colony trip I have only noted 
this Starling on the high upland veld in Northern Zululand 
and Natal and the South-Eastern Transvaal. It is gregarious 
in habit and very noisy, and spends much of its time around 
herds of cattle, apparently feeding largely on ticks and flies 
that are attracted by those beasts. 
The soft parts are:—Irides pale yellow; bill black, 
yellowish at base of lower mandible and gape; legs and toes 
black.] 
