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where often in the northern spring we have wandered 

 with ears alert to catch the first utterance of its song. 

 The latest date for Pirie is March 29. 



Eremomela ffaviventris (Burch.) — Yellow-bellied Bush 

 Warbler — has a place in our list on the strength of 

 Trevelvan's record in the Appendix to Sharpens edition 

 of Layard. Stark's statement that the species '' is not 

 uncommon in the neighbourhood of King Williamstown '^ 

 evidently regards the neighbourhood of that town as in- 

 cluding very much more than the riA^er basin in which it 

 lies. 



Sylvietta rufescens (Vieill.) — The Crombec — occurs 

 occasionally near King Williamstown^ and is represented 

 in the local museum by three specimens. One of these 

 Avas obtained in the town by Peter Smith on 10/4/06, 

 another at the Pirie river by Frank Pym in Septemlber, 

 1909, and a third, undated, at Breidbach by A. Few. 



Camaroptera hrachyiira (Vieill.) — The Green-backed 

 Bush-Warbler — known to the Kafirs under the name of 

 nomanyiila, ranges throughout the forest area and along 

 the wooded banks of the rivers. Fearless little fellow 

 that he is, he moves about among the undergrowth or on 

 the ground, keeping liis tail erect and often uttering the 

 jjlaintive bleat from which his name of "Bush-goaf is 

 derived. Being in great part a ground feeder, this species 

 is frequently taken in the boys' traps. 



These little bush-warblers display great ingenuity in 

 the construction of their nests, and may fittingly be called 

 the " Tailor-birds of South Africa." The nest itself, built 

 at the beginning of November, is a cup-shaped structure 

 of bright green moss, thicker in the walls than in the 

 foundation ; within the mossy shell lies a firm layer of 

 tlie slender seeding sprays of Galopina circaeoideSy 

 mingled with some broad plant fibres, wiry lichens and 

 papj)us; and the lining ])roper consists of Galopina 

 si)rays, a little silvery jiajqius and some hairs. The nest 

 is securely sewn to a leafy roof, the little tailors using 

 as thread a white cobweb, or at other times vellowish 



