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by all the time, flying from tree to tree, but the male only 

 put in an appearance once and then disappeureLl. 



Colour of the egg : a pale greeny white, with a few scrawls 

 of blood-colour round the larger end. 



No. 3. — I watched a nest being built on Nov. 4tli, but 

 o\Ay saw one bird at work, probably the female. This nej^t 

 was built in the same kind of tree as Nos. 1 and 2, in the 

 fork of a bouo-h about 30 ft. hio'h. I noticed that the sticks 

 were carried to the nest held in the claws, placed on the 

 nest, and then arranged. I watched the building for about 

 half an hour. On examinino- the nest aoain on Nov. 16th 

 I found it contained one youno- bird and one eoo- with the 

 bird hatching out. This seems very (luick incubation, as on 

 Nov. 4th the nest was only just commenced. 



The full clutch of eggs of this species appears to be two, 

 but further observations are necessary. 



3. Cuckoo Falcon. Baza verreauxi (Lafr.). 



A nest was 'discovered on Nov. 11th, built in the top of 

 a young tree about 25 ft. from the ground, inside the branches 

 where they formed a clump of thick foliage. The tree was 

 in fairly open woods. 



I located the nest only by the bird, which jiroved to be the 

 male, flying out, the nest being almost invisible from below. 

 It contained one egg. After waiting for a long time hidden 

 in bushes to ,c',et a shot at the bifds, I was forced to retire 

 unsuccessful, and returned again later on, but with no better 

 luck. In the evening I visited the nest for the third time, 

 and it was not until practically dark that I managed to get 

 a shot. The female did not put in an appearance the whole 

 day. The nest was built very loosely of sticks, roots, and 

 coarse grasses, &c., and lined with leaves and small bits of 

 stick ; it measured about 16" in diameter and was fairly 

 deep. 



The single egg was perfectly clear, and I should imagine 

 a full clutch would consist of more than one. 



Colour of egg : pale greenish white, rather sparingly but 



