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and 1081) it already resembles the old bird in plumage, 

 differing chiefly in the fact that the breast immediately 

 below the pectoral band is more strongly tinged with (dusky) 

 yellow than in the adult, and that the yellow of the abdomen 

 is duller and more buffy in tone. The breast-band itself 

 is light dusky brown and inconspicuous. Bill 0"46; wing 

 1'57 and 1*6; tail ()"77j tarsus 0-78 inches. 



104. Apalis cHiRiNDENsis. Chiriuda "Warbler. 



Apalis chlrhulensis Shelley, Bull. B.O. C. xvi. p. 126 (190G) . 



Rh. I have never seen this Warbler except in Chii'inda 

 and Chipete, in the former of which forest-patches it may 

 be commonly seen in the early morning. It varies some- 

 what in the coloration of its bill, &c., the gonys being 

 sometimes blackish like the upper mandible, at others 

 brownish white, either at the base only or throughout its 

 length. The feet maybe pale pinkish brown or pale vandyk- 

 brown, and the irides, too, vary slightly in shade. 



105. Chlorouyta neglecta. Eastern Black-breasted 

 Bush- Warbler. 



Rh., P. A silent and assiduous insect-hunter, by no 

 means uncommon on the Kurumadzi, where during Aujiust 

 I usually found it moving about quietly amongst the higher 

 branches of the thorns or of the denser bush, the conspicuous 

 breast-spot of the male, together with its habits, serving even 

 at a distance to distinguish it from the other common 

 Warbler, Camaroptera olivaceu. 



I noted a pair on the outskirts of Chiriuda on October 

 24th, 1906, at an elevation of 3700 feet. 



Bdl black, in one case with a white commissure ; irides 

 dull orange, waitled eyelids pale brick-red. The stomachs 

 contained, two ant-pup8e, several larvae, a small weevil, a 

 Cetoniid, and other small insects. Three of these Warblers 

 in the flesh measured in length 4-5, 4'7 (females), and 4*9 

 inches (male) respectively. 



106. PttiNiA, sp. inc. 



Kh. In September of last year and again in April of this I 

 fouuil this noisy Warbler commonly at Mclsettcrj going about 



