1- Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on Xests and 



tliose of 27.12.07 and l(i.ll.07). The elevation varieJ 

 i'loni 3200 ft. to ;')1)50 fr. Only two of the nests have been 

 preserved : No. 43, which was situated about 9^ feet from 

 the f^round, resting on a dry branch with some further 

 support from growing leaves (those of Pteleopsis mTjstiJoUa 

 are still attached to the nest). Externally it is composed 

 of dry herbaceous twigs ; while the lining consists of a 

 layer of very fine grass-heads, with the seeds (or flowers) 

 shredded off. The total diameter is 3'5 inches, dej)th of 

 cup 1-75 inches. No. 21 was placed in the usual four- 

 told fork of a young RainvoJfia inebrians^ 3^ feet from 

 the ground ; moderately bulky, composed entirely of dry 

 herbaceous stems, a little green moss, and a few dry leaves, 

 ;md lined thickly and neatly with the pedicels of ThaUctnun 

 'ilnjnchocarpuni and the finest of shredded grass-heads. Total 

 diameter 4 by 4'5 inches ; cup 2*5 inches wide by 1*5 inches 

 deep. 



Four of the remaining nests were phiced in trichotomous 

 forks of Ceara rubber-trees {Manihot ylaziovii), at 7, 10, 9^, 

 and 13 feet from the ground respectively. The seventh was 

 12 feet from the ground, in the simple fork of a Parinariwn 

 mohola standing in grass-veld. This was firmly attached to 

 the tree, those in the rubber-plantation being in each case 

 loosely climped, so to speak, on to their resting-])laces 

 M'ithout an attemjtt at attachment. In some cases — rather 

 the opposite to my own experience — the birds showed great 

 excitement and 1 oldness at the nest. 



Eggs. Nos. 43 and 67 belong to the type with a .[)urplish- 

 white ground-colour, marked com])aratively sjjaringly over 

 \\ ith bold and very d;ii-k spots, blotches, and streaks of brown- 

 madder and I ale underlying blotches of grey. The markings 

 in four out of the six eggs show a marked tendency towards 

 the formation of a zone round the thick end. In Xo. Id 

 (two egiis) the brown-madder blotciie^ are j)al<'r, far larger, 

 and equally bold, gi\ iiig. with the laigc [)ale-grey underlying 

 maikings, a handsome marbled apj)earaneo that is reminiscent 

 ol that of a Nightjur's egg. 



The icniaiiiitig eggs (14. of ti\e eliitrhes) all beloi:g to the 



