tJie Transvaal Musemn from Boror. ' 61 



close to tlic ground, evidently on the look-out for a suitable 

 nesting-site, but when I searched for the nest a few davs 

 later thej took alarm and left the neighbourhood. They are 

 very lively birds, delighting to show ofif their handsome black- 

 and-white plumage, spreading out their tails, slightly- 

 expanding their wings, and dancing about on the larger 

 horizontal branches and sometimes clinging to the trunks 

 of the trees. The males have the crown white and the 

 throat l)lack, while in the females this is reversed, the 

 crown beins; black and the throat white. 



ErYTHROPYGIA QUADRIVIRGATA, PicllW. E. 2352. (1 M.) 

 Resident. 



T. dusky ; B. black ; L. pale flesh-colour. Leng. 173 ; 

 W. 7G ; Tl. 76 ; Ts. 23 ; C. 16. 



This specimen may have been wrongly sexed, as I find 

 that three males from Beira are larger, measuring : AV. <S1- 

 «5, TI. 78-80, Ts. 25-27, C. 16-17. 



I found this species only in the drier parts of the i)razo. 

 Near Matiwe, on 1st November, I found a nest with two 

 fresh eggs, which got broken through my not having any- 

 thing to carry them in ; it was a cup-shaped structure of 

 grass lined with fine roots and placed in a small bii.,li, 

 about two feet from the ground, and hidden by some fresh 

 green shoots and young leaves. 



EKYTHROrVGIA ZAMBESIANA, Sliarpc. }{. 2361. (3 M.) 

 Resident. 



I. brown ; B. max. dark brown, nuuid. horn-colour, apex 

 dark brown ; L, pale flesh-pink. Leng. 148-154 ; W. 6!) ; 

 Tl. 63-65; Ts. 22; C. 15. 



In almost every patch of scrub in the open forest, 

 particularly in the neighbourhood of Villa Pereira and 

 Mpimba, these noisy birds were to be found, their loud 

 scolding notes often lasting until dark, starting again at 

 dawn and continuing at intervals throughout the day. 



