230 Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall on 



h\n\, ever ou the move^ and incessantly jerking its tail up 

 and down as it runs rapidly about the roeks, among the 

 inaccessible crevices o£ which it builds its nest. It is one of 

 the finest song-birds we possess, both sexes having full, 

 rich notes. It remains here throughout the year and feeds 

 on beetles, ants, and the larvae of ant-lions. 



In the paper in ' The Ibis ' mentioned above (189G, p. 242), 

 this bird was referred to the subsp. T. subrufipennis Reich., 

 but Capt. Shelley, who has kindly examined the s[)ecinieiis 

 sent to the British Museum, tells me they are typical 

 T. cinnamomeiveniris. 



28. Thamnol^a shelleyi. (Shelley's Bush-Cliat.) 



I observed several specimens of this fine Chat alighting on 

 trees and stumps round the settlement at Hartley Hills, on 

 the Urafuli, in July 1895, but have not seen it elsewhere. 



29. ScHCENicoLA APicALis. (Fan-tailed Reed-Warbler.) 

 This curious little bird is not uncommon among the long 



grass and reeds in swampy places about Mazoe and Salisbury. 

 Its flight is very weak and jerky, and it looks as though it 

 were weighed down by its big broad tail, which is out of all 

 proportion for so small a bird. 



30. Calamonastes FASCioLATus. (Barred-brcastedFantail.) 

 This species is not very common, being somewhat secluded 



in its habits. It frequents low scrub, searching for small 

 insects ou the ground at the foot of the bushes, and is often 

 diflficult to flush. 



31. Apalis sp. inc. 



Mr. Swynnerton has obtained a single example of this 

 species, which resembles A. thoracica in its general colouring, 

 but has the vent lemon-yellow instead of rufous brown, 

 lie subsequently saw another example near Salisbury, and I 

 observed one at Mazoe. 



32. Sylviella rufescens. (Short-tailed Bush- Warbler.) 

 A generally-distributed resident, but not very common. 



It frequents low trees, about which it creeps actively, 

 searching for insects on the branches and leaves. 



