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ill this district ; the first I noticed Avere on Sept. 2-4th, and 

 after that date they seemed to arrive in numbers. They are 

 quite plentiful now (October 5th), and had they been residents 

 during the winter months I could not have failed to come 

 across them. 



355. DiCRURUS AFER. (Fork-tailed Drongo.) 

 (6) cJ. 28.7.06. Indhlovudwalilie. In stomach insects. 

 Fairly common. They are very destructive to bees, and 

 caused great havoc with a hive that was standing; in the 

 garden here last year ; the stomach of one that was shot was 

 found to be full of these insects. Where grass is burnt off 

 they come to that locality, moving off as soon as fresh fires 

 are started elsewhere. 



357. Cabipophaga nigra. (Black Cuckoo Shrike.) 

 (a) J . 7.10.06. Swazieland. 



Fairly plentiful in the open thorn country, appearing to be 

 more numerous in September and October ; at this time of 

 the year they are usually to be seen going about in pairs* 

 They are decidedly shy and difficult to approach, but very 

 often when disturbed they make for the thickest part of a 

 tree and stay there. 



358. Campophaga hartlaubi. (Hartlaub's C^uckoo Shrike.) 

 (a) cJ . 27.6.06. Indhlovudwalilie. Gape yellow. In 



stomach insects. 



Rare. I shot one specimen in thick bush — this being the 

 only one I have seen here. 



364. *Hirundo rustica. (European Swallow.) 

 First observed here on August 28th, after w^hich they 

 arrived in large numbers. 



369. Hirundo albigularis. (White- throated Swallow.) 

 (a) ? . 26.9.06. Indhlovudwalilie. In stomach insects. 

 My earliest record of this Swallow was on September 5th ; 

 they are here now in great numbers (October 4th, 1906). 



374. Hirundo cucullata. (Larger Stripe - breasted 

 Swallow.) 



(a) $ . 18.10.06. Swazieland. In stomach insects. 



