18 Mr. (\ H. Taylor on Birds 



I have seen several pairs of these pretty little Wagtails 

 frequenting rocky streams where there is plenty of bush. 

 More than one pair never seem to haunt the same stream. 

 They are very tame and are easily approached. 



149. *MoTACiLLA CAPENSis. (Cape Wagtail.) 

 Common. 



156. Promerops gurneyi. (Natal Long-tailed Sugar- 

 bird.) 



(a) ? . 2.8.06. Swazieland. 



Fairly common in Swazieland. Feeding chiefly on the 

 sugar-bush ; they are sometimes shy and rather difficult to 

 approach. 



157.* Nectarinia famosa. (Malachite Sunbird.) 

 Very common in the more low-lying part of the district. 



160. Cinnyris afer. (Greater Double-collared Sunbird.) 



(a) (^ . 3.6.06. Indhlovudwalilie. 



Very common, especially in Swazieland, I found thetn 

 nesting in the latter part of September ; the nest was placed 

 in a sugar-bush and seemed largely composed of dry grass 

 and cobwebs. The specimen preserved was not in full 

 breeding-plumage, the metallic green feathering being very 

 patchy on the back, though fully developed upon the head. 



164. Cinnyris amethystinus. (Black Sunbird.) 

 (a) ^. 15.6.06. Iris brown. In stomach seeds. 

 Fairly common near the river, but also observed on the 

 top of the plateau. 



176. ZosTEROPS capensis. (Cape White-eye.) 



Common in the thick bush. It is a very tame bird; I have 



often been within a few feet of them without their showing 



any signs of alarm. 



179. Parus NIGER. (Black Tit.) 



(a) ? . 4.6.06. Indhlovudwalilie. In stomach insects. 

 Common. Generally to be seen in small flocks of six or 

 seven busily hunting through ihe bush for insects. They 



