72 Mr. C. r. M. Swyiincrton on the 



97. AcRocEPHALLS AiiuNDiNACEUs. Reed-Wai'bler. 



P. I secured one of these fine Reed- Warblers in the open 

 bush on the borders of a series of large pools near Chibabava 

 on December 12th. It measured 7*4 inches in the flesh, and 

 the stomach contained beetles and other insect debris. 



98. AcKocEPHALUs PALUsTRis. Marsli-Warblcr. 



Rh,, P. I have hitherto only twice noticed the Warsh- 

 Warbler in Gazalaiid, securing a male in the open bush near 

 some pools at Chibabava on December 12th, and again on 

 the 2nd February in the long grass near Chirinda, shooting 

 one of a pair which were moving about among the grass- 

 stems like Cisticolas and answering one another with a loud, 

 somewhat long-drawn note. The stomachs contained beetles 

 and a small grasshopper. The birds measured in the flesh 

 6 inches (male) and 5"5 (female). 



99. ScHCENicoLA APicALis. Fau-tailcd Reed-Warbler. 

 Rh., P. Occasionally seen in the neighbourhood of 



Chirinda and in the grass-jungle between that place and 

 Spungabera. On taking to the wing it makes a short, low 

 flight and is most difficult to flush a second time, seeming to 

 burrow right down to the very roots of the grass and remain- 

 ing there till practically trodden on, when it sometimes 

 repeats the manosuvre. The two males in my collection 

 each measured 6*5 inches in the flesh : upper mandible 

 blackish, lower very pale blue-grey ; feet pale greyish brown ; 

 irides yellowish brown. The stomachs contained beetles 

 and grasshoppers. 



100. Eremomela scotops. Dusky-faced Bush- Warbler. 

 Rh. On the 27th of September, on the Haroni, I shot 



three of these noisy little Warblers. The first was sitting 

 alone on the top of a large Brachystegia before sunrise 

 uttering aloud and monotonous " Tip-tip-tip, &c.," repeated 

 without a pause ad infinitum; and the others were secured 

 later out of a large party searching for insects amongst the 

 blossoms of the same trees {B. randii) ; the whole party 

 would constantly break out into a loud bubbling " Nyum- 

 nyum-nyum-nyum, kc.,^' chasing each other about in great 



