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Ornithologists 3 Club. 
“ A loquat-tree (Photinia japonica) with ripening fruit is 
the most likely place to see the Cape Bulbul (Pycnonotus 
capensis). The ridiculous claim of this bird to figure in the 
British List should be scouted by all sensible persons. It 
is a strictly local South-African species and does not range 
far north. 
“ The pretty Yellow Weaver-bird (Sitagra capensis ) I was 
delighted to find busy in constructing its excessively neat 
hanging nests in many gardens of the city and suburbs. 
One small community had selected a willow-tree close to 
the Public Library, near the celebrated Oak-walk, for the 
purpose. I never failed to stop as I passed by every day to 
admire the sprightly and active way in which these little birds 
exercised their craft. In another spot the ill-advised builders 
had selected a bunch of papyrus-stalks in an ornamental 
pond for the seat of their operations. So soon as the nest 
was complete the weight of the structure broke the papyrus 
down, and caused the fall of stalk and nest into the water 
beneath. But the indefatigable birds would take no heed of 
this event, and commenced their fruitless work again on 
an adjoining stalk. 
“ In a garden at Sea-point, the marine suburb of Capetown, 
I was much delighted, on an afternoon in September, to 
witness the proceedings of a small flock of Colies (believed 
to have been Colius capensis). They were creeping about in 
a small tree-like shrub, and having searched it thoroughly 
through proceeded to another. Their curious mouse-like 
climbing antics and the positions assumed are known to 
us from captive specimens in the BegenPs Park, but this 
was my only opportunity of witnessing their evolutions in a 
natural condition. As the eggs of this isolated form—one 
of the most distinctive Ethiopian types of bird-life—are not 
well known, I beg leave to exhibit some specimens of them. 
“On the margin of the pond on Sea-point Common I also 
noticed specimens of a Pipit (Anthus sp. inc.) and a small 
Shore-Plover (JEgialitis ), but could not be certain as to the 
species. 
“Two ascents of the well-known and most picturesque 
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