2S Mr. P. A. Slieppard on Birds collected and 



35. MoTACiLLA CAPENsis (L.). Cape Wagtail. 

 Common. 



36. CiNNYRis MiCROKHYNCHUS, Shelley. Little Bifasciated 

 Sunbird. 



Very uncommon clo.se to Beira, but much more plentiful 

 at M'Zimbiti, 23 miles inland. 



37. CiNNYRis GUTTURALis (L.). Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 

 Very plentiful near Beira. I have seen quite a number 



on a small plantation of Ceara rubber-trees when in blossom ; 

 they are also very partial to bananas when flowering. 



38. CiNNYRis KiRKi, Shell. Kirk's Sunbird. 



Very plentiful here, and often seen frequenting the same 

 trees as the previous species. 



39. CiNNYRis VERREAUXI, Sm. Mouse-coloured Sunbird. 

 Scarce in the district ; I shot one male on the top of a 



mangrove-tree on the sea-coast, the only specimen I have 

 seen. 



40. CiNNYRis OLIVACINA (Ptrs.). Olive-coloured Sunbird. 

 Very uncommon in this district. 



41. Anthreptes collaris (Vieill.). Little Collared Sun- 

 bird. 



Fairly common. 



42. Anthreptes reichenowi, Gunning. Blue-throated 

 Sunbird. 



CAnnals Tvl. Museum, Jan. 1909.) 

 S . M'Zimbiti, near Beira, 17. 5. 08. 

 ?. „ „ 6.7.08. 



43. Parus NIGER, Bonn. & Vieill. Black Tit. 

 Common among woods. 



44. Lanius collaris, L. Fiscal Shrike. 

 Very common. 



45. IjANIUS minor, Gm. Lesser Grey Shrike. 



I procured a male on the 29th March, 1908, on newly 

 cleared ground. T saw another a few days later at the same 



