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Mr. G. L. Bates — Fteld-Nutes on the 



Dendromus EFUiENsis. [Ngomoko.] 



Dendromus efulensis Chubby Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 92 

 (May 1908) . 



The food of these birds consists almost exclusively of the 

 many small black ants that crawl on trees. One was found 



Text-fijr. 3. 



Nest of Dendromus efulensis. 



to have used the ants in another and very peculiar way. 

 These ants make large nests that look like great excrescences 

 on the trunks of small trees, partly attached along the side 

 and partly hanging, sometimes two feet or more in length. 

 They are papery like a hornets^ nest, though heavier and 



