208 Mr. J. II. Gurney's List of a Collection of Birds 



Habits and food the same as N. natalensis, but does not hang- 

 its nest over water. 



70. Nectahinia collaris, Vieillot. Little Blue-banded 

 Sun-bird. 



These little birds are, I think, rather more insectivorous than 

 the last three species, as I notice they climb about the creepers 

 and thick foliage a good deal, hunting under the leaves and into 

 buds for small insects ; but they take the nectar from flowers in 

 an equal degree. They build a pendulous nest, generally in some 

 thick bush, hanging it from the leaves and outermost twigs. 

 They are very fond of building in orange-trees, and others of 

 equally dense foliage, 



71. Drymoica MELANORHYNCHA, Jardine. Black-billed Dry- 

 moica. 



Builds among the stalks of high weeds. 



72. Certhilauda africana, Gmel. Serli Lark. 



73. Macronyx croceus, Vieill. Yellow-belhed Lark. 



74. Macronyx capensis, Linn. Sentinel Lark. 



75. Anthus gouldti, Fras. Gould's Pipit. 



This species, and the three preceding ones, all nest on the 

 ground amongst the high grass, frequently under a tuft of the 

 same, and, like the Larks in England, take but little trouble 

 with their nests. 



76. MoTACiLLA CAPENSIS, Liuu. Cape of Good Hope 

 Wagtail. 



This species is fond of building its nest in a bunch of Bananas, 

 or in the thick stem of the plant, where the leaves separate from 

 the stem. 



77 . Pratincola rubicola, Linn, British Stone-Chat. 

 These birds appear to feed entirely on insects ; they frequent 



pi-incipally marshy ground, always alighting on the tallest stem 

 of rush or grass ; they appear to be solitary, and I do not often 

 see two together ; they do not fly far without alighting ; they 

 sometimes take insects on the wing, but generally descend to the 

 ground for them. 



