14 Major R. S])arro\v on the 



29. Thamnol^a cinnamomeiventris. (White-shouldered 

 Bush- Chat.) 



This bird occurs at Waschbank, Howick, and Inchanga, 

 all in Natal, but is nowhere plentiful. The nest is usually 

 inside an old nest o£ U. cucullata (Larger Stripe-breasted 

 Swallow), with the tunnel broken away and the entrance 

 enlarged, and is composed of coarse grass and roots and 

 lined with wool. I found one nest on a ledge inside a 

 small cave amongst steep rocks. Five other nests were 

 inside old nests of H. cucullata. The clutch consists of 

 three eggs of a pale blue ground spotted all over with 

 small spots and blotches of purple-brown, forming a ring 

 round the obtuse end. It nests in early October. 



30. Cossypha bicoloe. (Noisy Robin-Chat.) 



I found a nest of this species in a big yellowwood-tree at 

 Balgowan, in Natal, on the 15th November, 1903. It was 

 built in a cavity on the side of the tree about twenty feet 

 from the ground, and was concealed by small ferns. The 

 nest resembled that of C. nataletisis (Natal Robin-Chat). 

 The eggs, three in number, slightly incubated, were of a uni- 

 form dark olive-green, and larger than those of C. natalensis. 



31. Cossypha signata. (Brown Robin-Chat.) 



At Clairmont, near Durban, on 23rd November, 1902, 

 Mr. A. D. Millar found two nests of this species in old 

 stumps ten feet from the ground in thick bush. One nest 

 contained two eggs, hard set ; the other, one fresh egg. 

 They are Oi" a bluish-grey ground-colour, covered with large 

 reddish-brown spots and blotches. 



32. Pachyprora capensis. (Cape Flycatcher.) 



Fairly common throughout Natal, especially in the thorn- 

 trees, where it lays two eggs only, in the early part of 

 October. 



33. (X^iTiLE cincta. (Banded Sand-Martin.) 



This Sand-Martin does not lay in Upper Natal until the 

 end of NoA'ember or beginning of December. Two or three 

 eggs form the clutch. 



