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eggs of a very pale blue colour with minute spots of reddish 

 browu, thicker at one end. They measured 16 X 11*5 mm. 

 The nest was composed of soft grass and woolly seeds of 

 plants, and formed a deep cup-shaped structure. 



97. Sylviella rufescexs. 



Si/lviella ntfescens Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 115. 



Common. Usually found in the thickest trees, where it 

 hunts up and down the trunk or among the branches in a 

 very active manner. Frequents gardens occasionally. 



98. Eremomela polioxantha. 



Eremomela polioxantha Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. 

 p. 108. 

 ^a. S . Nov. 16, 1907. 



h. ? . March 22, 1908. 



c. ? . June 9, 1908. 



This species is by no means uncommon here. I have 

 seen it flying in small parties from bush to bush. It 

 resembles Sylviella rufescens in habits. 



99. Camaroptera sundevalli. 



Camaroptera sundevalli Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. 

 p. 113. 



a. ? . Dec. 26, 1907. 



I found a nest of this species on December 26, 1907. It 

 contained two transparent white eggs with faint brownish 

 plum-coloured blotches. The eggs measured 18x12 mm. 

 The nest was a purse-shaped structure of very fine grass, 

 bound together and attached by fine silk vegetable fibres to 

 the leaves and stems of a nettle-like plant. It was about 

 eighteen inches from the ground. The female was shot as 

 it flew from the nest. 



100. Prima flavicans. 



Prinia flavica7is Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 136. 



'' Uboiyana." 



A nest of this bird taken at Belle Vue Farm on March 1, 

 1908, contained two eggs. The nest was purse-shaped, domed, 

 with an entrance at the side, and composed of fine grass- 



