370 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 
Beak and legs black; iris reddish orange. 
Common throughout the north of the Transvaal into the 
Matabili country, and first met with at Eland’s river. The 
habits of this and of C.jardinii are similar. They go in 
flocks from tree to tree, following each other almost in single 
file. When one commences its peculiar sort of chuckling 
note, it is followed by the others, the noise increasing until it 
is almost deafening. They creep about the bushes with won¬ 
derful care; and if a wounded one gets into a tree, it is ex¬ 
tremely difficult to retrieve it. They have a skimming sort 
of flight. 
Crateropus jardinii, Smith. 
? . Transvaal, July 3rd, 1873. 
Beak and legs black; iris yellow with a black rim. 
The description of the habits of C. bicolor will answer 
equally for this species. I took a nest of this bird on the 
banks of the Limpopo, on the 23rd of November. It con¬ 
tained but one egg; but the parent bird was close to the nest, 
which was about the size of a Blackbird's, deep and coarsely 
lined, and placed in a small but very thorny tree. The eggs 
were of a blue colour, like a Thrush's, without spots. 
CoSSYPHA CAPPRA (L.). 
? . Transvaal, July 2nd, 1873. 
Beak black; legs black; iris dark hazel. 
CoSSYPHA HUMERALIS (Smith) . 
Bessonornis humeralis (Smith) : Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 132. 
a , £. Makalapse Biver, Bamangwato, October 25th, 1873. 
Beak black ; legs brownish black ; iris dark hazel. 
I observed a pair of these birds on a small stony hill, and 
procured the male. They were not at all shy; but from the 
thickness of the cover it was difficult to get far enough off 
to shoot them without spoiling them. They flew and hopped 
about the bushes in search of food, but seemed to avoid the 
open ground. 
Myrmecocichla pormicivora (V.). 
J ? . Bushman's River, Natal, May 21st, 1873. 
Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 
