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(i) The Crombec Warbler's Nest ; (2) Bakbakiri Shrike, Nest, 

 and Eggs ; (3) The Little White-Eye's Nest ; (4) The 

 Large Yellow Seed-Eater's Nest ; (5) The Crowned 

 Lapwing and Eggs ; (6) The Thick-Knee's Nest - 35 



([) Nest of Silent Bush Robin, or Fiskal Flycatcher ; (2) Nest 

 of the Cape or Olivaceous Thrush ; (3) Nest of Cape 

 Robin Chat; (4) Nest of Bar -Throated Warbler; 

 (5) Cape Bulbul, with Egg of Cuckoo ; (6) Nest of 

 Cape Canary - - 39 



(t) Secretary Bird ; (2) White Stork - - 43 



Nests of (1) Pink-Billed Weaver ; (2) Black and Yellow Bishop 

 Bird ; (3) Scaly- Feathered Weaver ; (4) Black-Headed 

 Oriole - - 49 



Nests and Eggs of (1) The Drongo ; (2) Turtle Dove ; 

 (3) Tchagra Bush Shrike ; (4) Bakbakiri Shrike ; 

 (5) Cape Rock Thrush - 55 



Black and Grey Cuckoo at the Nest of a Cape Bulbul - - 59 



Nest of a Hammerkop, or Mudlark - - 63 



(1) Pair of Paradise Flycatchers and Nest; (2) Red-Necked 



Bush Pheasant's Eggs ; (3) Nest-Hole of a Woodpecker 69 



Nests of (1) Smith's Weaver Bird ; (2) With Unusually Long- 

 Entrance Tube ; (3) Spotted-Back- Weaver ; (4) Yellow 

 Weaver ------- 72 



Nests of (1) Burchell's Coucal, or Vlei Loerie ; (2) Honey- 

 sucker ; (3) Cape Longclaw ; (4) Quail ; (5) Stanley 

 Bustard, or Veld Paauw - - 79 



Eggs of a Moth on a Leaf - - 87 



Life-History of a Moth - - 93 



The Bagworm - - - 98 



Bird Shelters, etc. - - - 105 



Boomslang, or Tree Snake - - 109 

 (1) Secretary Bird in the Act of Killing a Snake ; (2) Nest of 



a Black Crow on the Top of a Telegraph Pole - - 115 



(1) Mountain Partridge ; (2) Red-Necked Pheasant - 119 



White Egret 124 



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