ohserved iit the J >}striH of Jit'wa. ?>') 



fhniily of five or six together, but liave never been aljle to 

 find a nest. 



93. DiCRURUs AFER (Lcht.). Fork-tailed Droncro. 

 Very common. 



1)4. DiCRURUs LUD\vi(;i (Sm.). Square-tailed Drongo. 

 Not quite so plentiful as tbe ])revious species. 



95. Campophaga nigra, Vieill, Black Cuckoo Shrike. 

 Not by any means a common l)ird here. 



96. Campophaga hartlaubi, Salvad. Hartlaub's C/uckoo- 

 Shrike. 



Have only seen one specimen, shot by Mr. C. H. B. Grant, 

 at M^Zimbiti, 23 miles inland. 



97. Graucalus pectoralis. Black-chested Cuckoo 

 Shrike. 



1 (^ shot 15.5,08 on top of a high tree in woods. A 

 young ^ procured on 14th April, 1906, has the throat white, 

 and upper chest pale grey. 



98. HiRUNDO RUSTICA, L. European Swallow. 

 Common. 



99. HiRUNDO GRISEOPYGA, Sund. Grcy-rumped Swallow. 

 S . Beira, 15. 6. 08. 



A fairly plentiful visitor. Arrived here during June and 

 the last seen was on Sept. 14th. 



I found the nest of this bird on Sept. 10th, 1908, built in 

 a hole made on the level surface of the ground. I watched 

 the birds for some time and eventually one settled and did 

 not reappear. On walking to the spot I discovered a hole 

 like that made by a rat, and on digging, found a loose 

 structure of grass aud grass-stems, which contained four 

 pure white eggs ; feeling in further, I found the female at 

 the end of the hole. The nest was practically flat. I shot 

 the male also at the same time. Size of eggs ^" X /g" ; 

 rather pointed and not shiny. 



On Sept. 12th I found another nest within a hundred 

 vards of the other : I watched the birtls eircliiitj: round for a 



