32 Mr. G. L. Bute^— Field-Notes on the 



me. This nest, which was found on a bush in the forest, 

 just such a situation as that of the one already mentioned in 

 'The Ibis^ (1905, p. 95), was similar to it. It was merely 

 a large bunch of fresh moss hung from a twig, with a nest 

 built inside of it, composed of dry leaves and stems and the 

 black fibres so often seen in forest-nests. The two eggs 

 measured 23'5 x 17 mm. and 25 x 17"5 mm. 



[Two eggs are similar to those of S. camerunensis. — O.-G.] 



1071. Elminia loxgicauda. 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 456. 



I have to add to my note on tliis bird — ^ Ibis ^ i^-C-), i'l 

 which its nest was described — the discovery of another nest, 

 similar to the former. It was found also in June, and 

 contained two eggs, measuring 16 X 12*5 mm. 



[Two eggs of this species are of a slightly pointed oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, 

 thickly mottled and clouded in a wide zone round the larger 

 end with lilac-grey and greenish grey. — O.-G.] 



1083. TcHiTREA viRiDis (Miill.). [Abelebele.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 454. 



I have to add to my note in ' The Ibis ' (/. c.) that other 

 nests with eggs have been found, on which the bird has been 

 either caught or shot. These nests are all neat little cups, 

 which differ from those of the two forest-species of Tchitrea 

 in having no moss in their bases. The eggs were in every 

 case two in number. They measure : length 18-19 mm., 

 breadth 14 mm. 



[Five eggs are of a rather short, somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss ; the ground-colour is creamy- 

 white spotted with light red and lilac-red, the markings 

 being chiefly confined to a ring round the larger end, though 

 a greater or less number of separate spots are scattered 

 over the rest of the shell. In one specimen the markings 

 round the zone are very indistinct and are wanting on the 

 rest of the shell.— O.-G.] 



