10 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on Nists and 



532a. Lanus collaris humeralis. Northern FisL-al 

 Shrike. 



6. 3300 ft. 7. 10. 07.— A nest situated 7^ feet from the 

 ground, in the fork of a tree. It contained four fresh eggs, 

 three of which nie:isured 25 hy 19, 24 by 18"5, and 25 

 by 18"5 mm. res})ectively. They are typical of the more 

 boldly marked form, being pale, dull greenish, speckled all 

 over with light olive-brown and a few underlying iron-grey 

 markings. In the zone which surrounds the larger end 

 these grey markings become far more numerous and pro- 

 nounced. The birds were v«ry wild. 



675. Anthus LiNEiv^ENTRis, Sund. Stripe-bellied Pipit. 



68. 3500 ft. 20.12.07.— The nest was placed on the 

 ground under an overhanging bunch of grass, the latter 

 only leaving a small opening by whicli the nest was 

 ap[)roached. The latter was constructed externally of small 

 twigs and lined with grasses. It contained three eggs, 

 slightly sflt, 24-4 by 17'5, 24 by 17, and 23 by 17-4 nun. ; 

 white, mottled over fairly thickly with small reddish-brown 

 and underlying grey markings, and indistinguishable from a 

 common form of the egg of Pijcnonotus layardt. 



The sitting bird, on being flushed, feigned a broken wing, 



684. Macronyx capensis (L.). Cape Longclaw. 



62. 3800 ft. 24. 12.07.— A nest Avas discovered of 

 rough grass, in a hollow in the ground, rather open and 

 cons{)icuous. There were three eggs, very hard-set : 24 by 

 18, 24*5 by 18 (two) mm. Uiither bluish white, with small 

 spots of grey and yellowish brown distributed fairly plenti- 

 fully over the whole <'gg. 



108. ;5200 ft. 7.2.08. — A second nest in a grassy, 

 thickly wooded kloof. The description of No. (J2 applies 

 in every detail to this nest too. Eggs three, half-set : 

 2:} by 18"5, 25 by 18, and 24"5 by 18*5 mm. The spots 

 more washed-out in appearance, and densest at the thick 

 end of the egg ; ground-colour creamier than in 112. The 

 birds at this nest were very wild, these at the other being 

 boMer. 



