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Dr. P. L. Sclater very kindly named it for ns, thus confirming 

 our own identification of the .species. When the nest is 

 detached from its position and held in the hand it has th<^ 

 appearance of a deep cup, but it is placed in the bush at an 

 angle and consequently becomes purse- or pocket-shaped. 



92. Apalis thoracica (Shaw & Noddcr). Bar-throated 

 Warbler. 



Fairly common. 



93. *ArALis sciTA (Vieill,). Fairy Warbler. 

 Uare. 



94. CHLORODYTANEGLECTA,Alex. Eastern Black-breasted 

 Bush Warbler. 



Not uncommon in Albany. The Transvaal Museum 

 contains several specimens besides those in our private col- 

 lections. We have collected a good many specimens, and in 

 no case has the male a black spot on the breast described in 

 Stark & Sclater (ii. p. 125). Of course a mistake can be 

 made in sexing a bird, particularly when not fully adult, but 

 in one instance we collected a pair from a nest. This matter 

 must, however, remain in abeyance for the present, until we 

 have collected more material. A nest was found at 

 Blue Krantz which was merely a cavity in a bunch of 

 Ptylandsia lined with vegetable down, and contained two eggs, 

 of a " somewhat pointed ' ovate ' shape, of a bright light 

 bluish-green ground-colour, with some black hair-lines and 

 scrawls over the larger end, with a few roundish spots of black 

 and chestnut-brown, the spots being about the size of a largo 

 pin's head, leaving the lower part of the shell unmarked ; 

 it is somewhat glossed, and measures 15 x 11 mm. Fig. 5, 

 Plate III." (H. G.) , ./ , ; 



95. *Prinia hypoxantha (iVy r piD) . f^affron-breasted Wren 

 Warbler. 



Scarce. 



96. Prinia maculosa (Bodd.). Cape Wren Warbler. 

 Fairly common. 



