6 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnciton on yesis ami 



soft leaves of Vernonia natalensis and one or two silky cocoons, 

 the whole felted with spider's web, a little moss, but practi- 

 cally no lichen. It was placed in a small fourfold branch of 

 Rauwoljia inebrians (probably, therefore, the same as No. 5() 

 above). In another nest, dry and more or less shredded bark 

 of Crijptolepis ohlotujifoUa was the only material used extern- 

 ally, with the exception of a moderate ornamentation with 

 lichens. The lining is a thick one, of the dry red-brown 

 ])edicels of Thallctrnm rh^ncJiocarjmm, wound round and 

 round. 



515. PoMATORHYNCHUS SENEGALUS (Linn.). Black-headed 

 Bush Shrike. 



Eleven clutches of eggs : eight of two eggs each, and 

 three of three. Dates : 10. 10. 07 (two, fresh, 25 by ]'J and 

 22 by 17 mm.) ; do. (two, hard-set, 25 by 17"5 mm. each); 

 28. 10 07 (three, slightly set, 24' 5 by 18-5, 22 by 18, 23-5 by 

 18*5); same date (two, hard-set, 2() by 18"5, 25 by 18*5 mm.); 

 20.11.07 (two, hard-set, 23*5 by 19 and 23 by 18-5 mm.); 

 same date (three, hard-set, 25'5 by 18, 2(5 by 18*5, and 24 by 

 17-5); 2.12.07 (two, fresh, 24-5 by 19 and 25 by 19 mm.); 

 4. 12 07 (three, fresh, 23-9 by 18-5 and 24 by 18-5 (two)); 

 20. 12. 07 (a nestling and two eggs, ready to hatch, 24*5 by 

 19 and 24-5 by 18-5 nun.); 21. 12. 07 (two, fresh, 25-5 by 18, 

 25 by 17 nmi.); 9.1.08 (two, fresh, 25 by 19 and 23-5 



by 18). 



The situations of the nests were : 4 ft. 4 in. from the ground, 

 hidden in a branch of suckers springing from the fork of a 

 Faurea salhjna tree : 4 ft, in a I'arindrium moliohi, inserteil 

 bet\ve(^n t'.vo thick vei'tical stems and a mass of small siickeis 

 springing fioin one of them ; 4 ft. in the thick fork of a 

 /'(iriiKiriinn uiohohi. ; 5 ft. 5 in a " ('hi>iiru(l/a *' (Todilidm 

 sp. ?), again inserted between the main fork of the tree and 

 a mass of suckers ; 4^ ft. in the (juadruple I'oik of a Coni- 

 fn-elum splemiens ; (') ft. in an Aniidesma, firmly |)l;iced on a 

 twisted branch in tlir midst of a branch of suckers ; 1 1- ft. 

 in a branch of siudvcrs s[tringing from the side of the main 

 stem of a Condiretwn sj^leiidins ; N ft. in a Bridelia, at the 



