10 Mr. C. F. M. Svvyuiiertou on the 



male were bright carmine and tlie bill reddish brown; while 

 the stomach contained only beetles. 



9. Oriolus larvatus. Black-headed Oriole. 



Chindao : " Chimkurioku " (in imitation of one of its 

 calls). 



Rh,, P. A resident species and common in the open 

 woods, particularly in the autumn and winter, when single 

 birds in immature plumage may constantly be met with, 

 often travelling from tree to tree steadily in one direction. 

 I was inclined to look on this as a partial migration, 

 but have since sometimes found them travelling in a dia- 

 metrically opposite direction to that of the day before. 

 These birds of the year utter a flute-like whistle, rather well 

 rendered by the natives as " Kuryo !/' followed frequently 

 by a harsh note (the final "ku^' of its Chindao name). 

 The adults have a wider repertoire of notes, most of 

 them remarkably pleasant and flute-like, of which a mellow 

 " Kawhee-kawhau ! " is perhaps the commonest. They are 

 not infrequently to be found in the high trees on the edge of 

 Chirinda, and though at all times far less approachable than 

 the immature birds, are in other respects not particularly 

 shy, occasionally visiting my orchard or frequenting the 

 Eucalypts at my homestead. 1 found them fairly common 

 on the Kurumadzi in August, at Marunia in September, and 

 in the same month in Melsetter ; I have noted them, in fact, 

 at a number of localities throughout IN orthern and Southern 

 ]\Tclsetter and in the lowlands, particularly at Chibabava and 

 Arucate and the country between these two places. 



Out of six stomachs examined, all contained large and more 

 or less hairy caterpillars (in one case as many as ten) , and two 

 contained large seeds as well. Measurements in the flesh : 

 9 inches (imm. male), 8*5 (imm. female), and 9"5 (an adult 

 male). 



10. Hyphantornis NiGRicEPs. Black-hcadcd Weaver- 

 bird. 



Chindao : "' Ingozha.^' 



lih., P. A rather widely distributed species, confining 



