30 Mr. A. "Roberts o» Birds in 



BrADORNIS PALLIDl'S MURINTS, Fiuscli & Havtl. R. 980 a. 

 (2 M., 2 ¥.) Eosident. 



I. hrown ; B. Sc T.. black. Long. U7-155 ; W. 80-00 ; 

 Tl. 65-60; Ts. 17-10 ; C. 13-U. 



At Villa Pereira this Flycatcher was fairly common, having 

 been attracted by the clearing operations which were being 

 carried on ft)r tlic piii-pose ot replacing coffee with rubber- 

 tree*, perching on some conspicuous twig in the open and 

 keeping a look-out for insects on the ground below. It was 

 hardly ever seen in other pai'ts of the prazo. 



Mel.enornls ater TRoncALis (Cab.). IX. 008 a. {?> M., 

 IF.) Resident. 



T. dark brown (F. light brown). Leng. 200 & 105 ; 

 W. 101-103 & 96 ; Tl. 85-01 & 83 ; Ts. 20; C. U-15. 



Like the preceding Flycatcher, this species was common 

 at Villa Pereira, but less so elsewhere. It resen-ibles the 

 Drongo Slirikes in its manner of hawking flies, but also 

 I'retjuently darts to the ground to ])ick up insects. On 

 0th tJctober I I'ound a nest of feathers and soft material in a 

 crevice near the top of a small decayed tree, about twel\(! 

 feet from the ground, and in it were three newly hatched 

 young. 



Alseonax c.erulescexs (llartl.). R. 1015. (2 F.) 

 Resident. 



I. grey-}>rown ; B. max. dark ])rown, niand. horn colour, 

 tip darker; L. brownish slate. Leng. 14:2-144 ; W. 77-78 ; 

 Tl. 60; Ts. 16; ('. 12. 



These specimens are somewhat wliiler and generally paler 

 than others from Hector Spruit and X.I*]. Transvaal. 



A single specimen was se<'n ami secured <«t Mpimba, ])ar(ies 

 of six or seven were fre(pieiitly observed at Ngamwe, and a 

 nest with three fr( sh eggs was tak<Mi at Rin-uma on 

 iSth October. The eggs have a cicam-eoloured ground, 

 cov<Ted \\itli minute pale grey aii<l yellowi-h - brown 

 markinffs, and measure 18"7-10'(;x Jl'l-ll'l ; and the nest 

 was a neat, cup-shaped structure of moss lined with fibres 



