in the Lydenburg District of Transvaal. 4209 
amongst the Kingfishers only two species were noticeable, 
Corythornis cyanostigma and, I think, Alcedo semitorquata ; 
Promerops gurneyi is tolerably common, feeding on the nectar 
of the flowers of a scrubby tree common on the sides and sum- 
mits of the mountains. 
8. CINNYRIS CHALYBEA (Linn.). Lesser Double-collared 
Sun-bird. 
Plentiful in the spring and early autumn, when they con- 
gregate on the blossoming trees and shrubs; they are aiso 
found in winter, but not commonly. 
9. Necrarrnra FAmosa (Linn.). Malachite Sun-bird. 
This lovely bird is still more common than the preceding, 
frequenting the same localities, but is more especially to be 
found about the sugar-bushes with Promerops gurneyi. 
Besides these sugar-birds, I also noticed Cinnyris afra and 
C. amethystina. 
10. Dryma@ca uyroxantHa, Sharpe. Yellow-breasted 
Drymeeca. 
Not uncommon amongst the jungle which abounds on the 
slope of the mountains. Iris hght hazel; bill black, the 
under mandible in some specimens pale lilac at the base ; 
tarsi and feet pale. 
[Mr. Sharpe informs me that this is a new species, which 
he is about to describe under the above name, from a Natal 
specimen, in the ensuing part of the second edition of Layard’s 
catalogue.—J. H. G.] 
11. Dryma@ca LevAiLLAnti,Smith. Levaillant’s Drymeeca. 
This is the commonest of the Warblers in this locality, and 
very generally distributed. 
12. Dryma@ca cuintana, Smith. Kurichane Drymeca. 
This species is to be found in the same localities as the 
preceding, and is also generally distributed. 
18. Spuena@acus arricanus (Gmel.). Flute-voiced Sphe- 
noeacus. 
Common, but, on account of its retiring habits, not often 
seen. 



