568 Mr. L. B. Mouritz on the 



in the uppermost branches of the Larger timber close to 

 water. A locality where I noticed the species several times, 

 is on the Malemi River below the Mshingili-Malaraba 

 Gorge. 



222. $Phylloscopus trocMlus. Willow- Wren. 



An uncommon summer visitor, but I have noticed it here 

 and there practically throughout the district. The Willow- 

 Wren leaves for northern climes towards the middle of 

 March. In November (shortly after their arrival), I have 

 heard them singing — albeit half-heartedly. 



223. Sylvia sylvia. Common Whitethroat. 

 Sylvia cinerea Bechst. ; Scl. ii. p. 81. 



Noticed in the "mimosa" scrub throughout February 

 and March on the slopes rising to the Zambesi-Limpopo 

 watershed. They are evidently annual vis;itors, as I found 

 to be the case at Bulawavo, but are subject to some local 

 movement. On March 24, I noticed larger numbers than 

 usual — possible arrivals from the south on migration — and 

 they were evidently fatigued, as they were exceedingly tame, 

 and I even touched one with the barrel of my collecting 

 gun, as it sat crouching ridiculously against a branch near 

 tlie top of a low stunted '^isiuga.'^ The latest date on which 

 I met with the Whitethroat was March 30. 



224. Sylvia nisoria. Barred Warbler. 



The Barred W'arbler occurred again in 1912 (vide Annals 

 Transvaal Museum, iii. 1911, p. 109 — specimen shot at 

 Bulawayo, 191 J) in January and February, and it would 

 therefore seem that there is a probability that it is a regular 

 annual visitor to Southern Rhodesia. Seebohra (Cat. Brit. 

 Mus.) states that it probably winters in central Africa, but, 

 as now it has been recorded from Rhodesia, and the Trans- 

 vaal Museum possesses a specimen from Potchefstroom, 

 southern Africa should be included within its range. All 

 three specimens Avhich I procured (including the Bulawayo 

 bird) were in immature plumage. 



