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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
top of the same tree in the early morning and indulging in 
a wild erratic sort of song ; they looked for the moment 
much like Missel-Thrushes. 
The soft parts are :—Irides deep brown ; bill dark brown, 
lower mandible yellow ; legs and toes whitish horn-coloured.] 
295. Turdus gurneyi. 
2*. Sibudeni, Jan. (5) ; Tv. Zuurbron, Apl. (1); Wood- 
bush Hills, Nov., Dec. (3). 
Nest with two young taken at Sibudeni, Jan. 30th. 
The nest does not seem to have been described before, and 
I believe the eggs are not known. The male, female, and 
two nestlings taken on January 30th are in the collection. 
The nestling is fulvous brown above with fulvous-yellow 
shaft-streaks; the wing-coverts already shew the charac¬ 
teristic white spots and tips ; the under parts are pale fulvous 
yellow, most of the feathers being tipped with a black band, 
forming a rather irregular black cross-banding. 
[I found this supposed rare Thrush quite common in the 
forests at Sibudeni, Zululand, and in the South-Eastern and 
North-Eastern Transvaal. It is essentially a bird of the 
forests and is somewhat shy in habits. It was found 
breeding in the Nkandlila forest at Sibudeni, and several 
nests were seen, but only one was occupied, and that contained 
two young. The nest, which was composed entirely of moss, 
was placed on a large horizontal limb of a tree some twelve 
to fourteen feet from the ground and was overhanging a 
native footpath. Both the adults were very bold and 
excited when the nest was robbed and were easily secured. 
The soft parts of the adult are :—Irides brown ; bill black; 
legs and toes whitish liorn-coloured. 
In the nestling the bill is brown and the gape pale 
yellow.] 
296. Tuedus olivaceus. 
CC. Table Mt. slopes, Feb. (2) ; Knysna, Dec., Jan. 
(2); Z, Sibudeni, Oct., Nov., Jan. (7) ; Tv. Zuurbron, 
Apl., May (4); Woodbush Hills, Nov. (3). 
Urnse ” of Zulus. 
