Birds from South-eastern Afr^ica. 255 



Total length in the flesh 5 inches. In a male shot 7th 

 August, iris pale yellow ; eyelids ruddy brown ; tarsi ash- 

 colour ; feet light yellowish brown. 



This species is active and restless, hunting in flocks for 

 insects among the young leaves and buds. In the early 

 morning some of the trees seem alive with them ; and every 

 now and again the whole flock simultaneously set up a loud 

 chirring note, and a general chasing of each other ensues, 

 after which they soon straggle off to another tree, and renew 

 their business and pleasure. 



83. Sylvietta rufescens (Vieill.). 



(92) ? ,Umvuli river, 6th October; and $ , Chakanie Pan, 

 19th December. 



Very scarce near the Umvuli, where, I think, I only saw 

 the bird on one occasion during our stay of two months and 

 a half. It displayed the usual restless habits of the species. 

 On the 19th of December, at Chakanie Pan, Mr. Jameson 

 found a nest and eggs. The nest, a very pretty pendent 

 structure, was hung from the outer twigs of a ^' wait-a-bit^' 

 thorn, was open at the top, and composed of dry leaves and 

 stalks, neatly woven together with cobwebs, giving it a 

 greyish- white appearance, and was lined with fine grass. 

 The eggs, two in number, are exactly as described by Mr. 

 Sharpe in his new edition of Layard^s ^ Birds of South 

 Africa.' 



84. Hylypsornis salvadorii, Bocage. 



Hylypftornis salradorii, Bocage, Jorn. Lisboa, vi. 1878, 

 pp. 198, 211. 



(83) ? , Ganyani river, 17th September. Bill dusky brown ; 

 tarsi and feet ashy l^roAvn. Total length in the flesh 5'75 

 inches. The crop contained caterpillars. 



A pair were seen creeping about the trunks and branches 

 of the large trees. From the state of the ovary it was evi- 

 dently about to lay. 



[This rare species has hitlierto only been collected in 

 Benguela.— G. E. S.] 



