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FRIENDS OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



the Albany Division, had constructed a nest much like those 

 usually built by its congeners, and laid three eggs of a light 

 blue-green, spotted all over with brown and lavender, the 

 spots being more profuse on the blunt end, forming a fairly 

 well-marked zone. 



The Paradise Flycatcher (Tchitrea persjii cilia la) is of a 



Fig. 15. — Female P 



Flycatcher on nest. 



bright chestnut colour above with the crested head, throat 

 and sides of neck steel-green; under-surface slatey-grey, 

 excepting the under tail-coverts, which are white. The 

 male is adorned with a long and graceful tail. Length of 

 male aboul 11 or 15 inches; female, 7 inches. Prom the 

 Central Transvaal northwards llii- species is replaced by the 



