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This species seems to replace A. pyrrlionotus (Cinnamon- 

 backed Pipit) here, which it more closely resembles than 

 A. nicholsoni (Nicholson's Pipit). I have only observed it 

 during the winter, when it is common. Last year a large 

 number arrived in April and they were mostly in pairs. 



149. MoTACiLLA CAPENSis. (Cape Wagtail.) 

 The Cape Wagtail is very common everywhere. 



164. CiNNYRis AMETHYSTINUS. (Black Sunbird.) 



(a) ?. 18.2.04. 



In stomach insects. 



These birds are local migrants here, appearing at intervals 

 during the summer. 



I have seen the males in their breeding- plumage in October. 

 During Feb. 1904, when there were a lot here, none of the 

 males were in their breeding-plumage, but some of them 

 seemed to be just getting it. 



174. ZosTEROPS viRENS. (Green White-eye.) 

 (a) 22.12.03. 



The Green White-eye is very common and resident. 

 These birds when feeding otten congregate in large numbers 

 on the same tree, generally close to water. 



*177 A. Parus cinerascens. (Grey Tit.) 



(a) c?. 16.2.04. 



Not common. A pair nested in a hollow in a willow tree 

 here last year : the hen bird, when sitting, is extremely 

 pugnacious, and shows her resentment at being distm-bed, in 

 the same way as the European Tits, by puffing out her 

 feathers and hissing, and it is with the greatest difficulty 

 that she can be dislodged. 



The Tits found here are refei-able to P. cinerascens and not 

 P. afer (Black-breasted Tit), as pointed out by Dr. Sharpe 

 (' Ibis/ 1904, p. 342), being blue-grey above and below. 



184. Lanius collaris. (Fiscal Shrike.) 

 The Fiscal Shrike is very common wherever there are 

 trees or bush. 



