J^<jgs from Mount Clihinda, Southern Rhodesia. o 



layardi). A few of tlie brown blotches are scattered over 

 the rest of the egg, and in one case the spots coniposino- tbo 

 zone are markedly smaller and moie widely spaced tlian in 

 tbe others. The bird remained in the tree, flying restlessly 

 from branch to branch, while the inspection was proceeding. 



47. 3300 ft. 4. 1 2. 07.— A nest in a small fork 10 feet from 

 the ground in a wooded glen. It contained three fresh eggs, 

 19 by 14, and 19-8 by 14-5 mm. (2). The markings were 

 paler, closer, and with the grey more in evidence than in 29. 

 In each of tlie three e.'gs they form a cap of mottling at the 

 thick end of the egg, the rest of the surface being compara- 

 "tively cleiir. Ground-colour palest pink. 



53. 3200 ft. 17. 12. 07.— A nest 12 feet from the ground 

 on a drooping branch of a wild fig-tree, being held thereon 

 by an upright sucker. It contained three eggs, just ready 

 to hatch ; spots pale and generally scattered over the entire 

 surface of the egg, only slightly closer at the thi('k end ; the 

 grey markings very little in evidence, while the ground- 

 colour was creamy white. Nothing would move the bird 

 (the male) from the nest till Odend;ial had actually climbed 

 to within 2 feet of it. 



56. 3200 ft. 20. 12. 07.— A nest (H feet from the ground 

 in a wide ibrk of a young Bauwolpa inehrians that forms one 

 of the supports in a small but dense Landolphia plantation. 

 A gang of boys were weeding there daily at the time, and 

 regularly sat to rest under that tree without appreciably 

 disconcerting the sitting bird. The nest contained three 

 fresh eggs, 18-5 by 13 and 17 by 13 nun. (two) ; speckled 

 all over, but most densely in the form of a cap, at the thick 

 end, with brown markings of a more chestnut tinge than in 

 No. 29. Extremely like common foims of the eggs of the 

 Eno-lish Parus cceraleus and Sifta cccsia. 



It will be seen from the above notes that the eggs of 

 Tchitrea plumheicej>s vary considerably within certain rather 

 re.-tricted limits. 



Another nest of this species (unnumbered) in Odendaal's 

 collection was composed externally of shreddy silky bark and 

 soft broad (-rass-blades worked round and round ; also the 



