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were tlie only two I saw all through the season. They 

 appear to he more numerous nearer Beira, on the flats among 

 low scrub. 



7. Orange -BREASTED Flycatcher. Bafis sheppardi, 

 Haagner. 



A nest was found on Nov. 30th, 1909, built in a small low 

 shrub about three feet high and situated in a somewhat open 

 glade in thick forest. 



Neither of the parent birds was to lie seen when I found 

 the nest, so I decided to try and snare the female on its nest, 

 as I was quite ignorant of the species to which the nest and 

 eggs belonged. 



On returning after about four hours absence 1 found the 

 female duly snared, which, to my great surprise and pleasure, 

 proved to be the above species. 



The two eggs found in the nest were quite clear. 



The nest was built of fine grass-stems and ornamented with 

 bits of bamboo-leaves and cobwebs, and was a cu])-?hape 

 structure If" diam. inside X ^" deep. 



Colour of eggs : creamy white and glossy, sparingly 

 blotched and spotted w ith light brown, with a thick zone of 

 chocolate-coloured blotches and grey spots at the larger end. 



Size : both practically alike, |l" x ^". 



The habits of this species are very similar to those of 

 B. molitor, with which species it is often found in company, 

 inhabiting thick forests, where it flies about from bough to 

 bough catching insects. It is usually found in parties of 

 three, four, or five, and is a resident here, but far less 

 plentiful than B. molitor. 



8. Chestnut-fronted Shrike. Signwdas scopj/'frons^'Pivs. 

 A nest was found on Nov. 14th built in a tree, about 



15 feet above the ground, and situated in open woods. 



The nest, which I at first took for that of I), cuhia, was 

 saddled in a fork towards the extremity of a bough, and 

 appeared so similar to the branch that it could easily have 

 been mistaken for a growth on the tree. The nest contained 

 three young birds apparently just hatched. 



