shading on the throat and sides of the body, the thighs and under
wing-coverts in A. flavescens being tawny or slightly rufous yellow.
Again, it shows a striking resemblance to Oriniger fla/viventris, of
which it is an almost literal copy, but independently of the serrated
notches at the end of the bill, which show that the bird is an
Andropadus, it may be also distinguished .by its bright yellow
lores and by its black bill and legs, these being brown in the
Criniger.
Adult.—Above olive-brown with a yellowish tinge, the wings and
tail being of the same colour; lores light yellow, the forehead also
slightly shaded with this colour; ear-coverts olive brown with faint
stripes of yellow, the cheeks also yellowish like the under surface,
the centre of the body, thighs, edge of the wing and under wing-
coverts, yellow; lower margin of quills brown, yellow along the
edge of the inner web; bill and feet black. Total length, 7.8
inches; culmen, 0.7; wing, 3.7 ; tail, 3.8 ; tarsus, 0.85.
190. A ndropadus flavostriatus. Barratt’s Bulbul.
The present bird was found by Mr. F. A. Barratt in the Lyden-
burg district, and was described as new by the editor. The British
Museum also contains a single example procured by Dr. Kirk on the
river Shire. It is by no means a typical Andropadus like the other
two South African ones, but has a very long thin bill like a true
Criniger, and may prove on a subsequent revision of the group, to
belong to the latter genus. At present we have kept it as an
Andropadus, as it bears evident affinity to some of the West African
species, which are still included in the last-named genus.
Adult female.—General colour, above olive-brown, with somewhat
of a yellowish tinge ; head dusky grey, the lores and feathers round
the eye greyish white; ear-cqverts grey, with narrow white shaft-
streaks; cheeks greyish white; throat pure white; rest of under
surface whitish, the feathers edged with greenish yellow, causing
the breast to appear streaked with that colour; sides of the body
dull greenish olive, deepening on the lower flanks and under tail-
coverts; thighs greenish olive; under wing-coverts dull yellow,
marked with brown near the edge of the wing; scapulars and least
wing-coverts coloured like the back; rest of the wing brown, all the
feathers externally washed with olive, inclining to golden brown on
the outer webs of the secondaries; upper tail-coverts and tail brown,
strongly washed with olive-green; “ bill, tarsi, and feet, ash-colour;
iris, ashy hazel.” Total length, 7.4 inches; culmen, .75 ; wing, 3.45;
tail, 3.5 ; tarsus 1.
191. P ycnonoths c a p e n s is . Red-eyebrowed Bulbul.
Considerable confusion has existed with regard to the Pycnonoti of
Africa, and in 1871 the Editor, in criticising the conclusions of Drs.
Firisch, Hartlaub, and Yon Heuglin (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 131)
endeavoured to establish that in South Africa there were three
species of yellow-vented Bulbuls, P. capensis, P. nigricans, and. P.
tricolor. More recently Dr. Reichenow has contended for the
recognition of one only, P. capensis, and he believes that the dark
plumaged bird is the young of the white-bellied species. As is the
case with the other authors above mentioned, he has discarded the
wattled eye-ring as an obscure character, but it is really of the first
importance. In the first edition it was stated to be white in the
present species, and so it is in the dried skin, but in life, Captain
Shelley found it to be of a “ dull dark red,” and therefore Le
Vaiflant’s figure of the “ Brunoir,” which has hitherto been kept
distinct on account of the red eye-rings drawn by him, if it can be
recognised at all, must be intended for the present bird. Under these
circumstances we admit only two species, but we shall be obliged
for any information tending to elucidate the question in any way.
P. capensis cannot, however, be the young stage of P. tricolor, for we
owe to the kindness of Lieut. Trevelyan an immature bird of the
latter, which is coloured exactly like the adult and has the same
white breast, only the plumage is more fluffy, and the brown colour
much paler and more rufescent, especially on the margins of the
wings : the head is black, but not so intense as in the old bird.
P. capensis has not a black head, but is brown both above and
below, having only the centre of the abdomen white, gradually
shaded with yellow as it approaches the under tail-coverts, which are
bright yellow.
The “ Kuif-Kop,” as it is called by the colonists, is found in great
abundance in the neighbourhood of Cape Town, and indeed throughout
the whole colony. They migrate according to the fruit season,
and are especially partial to figs and grapes. They also feed largely