lufcfs from Mount Cliii'iiidit, Suiillwrii I\JiO(l('s!((. 13 



very coninion more or less densely-niottled ty{)e, with com- 

 paratively small sjiottino; of medium darkness — a type that 

 is so often reminiscent of the reddish, densely marked form 

 of the egg of the Tree-Pipit (^i. tririalis). 



745. Chalcomitra olivacina (Peters). Little Olive 

 Snnbird. 



35. B700 ft. — A nest in a deep densely-wooded glen ; 

 hanging from the end of a twig trailing over a small stream, 

 and three feet from the latter. Two eggs, fresh, each 19"8 

 by 14 mm., and perfectly typical of nearly all I have found 

 myself {v. ' Ibis,' 1908, p. 42, & pi. viii. fig. 2). 



7G1, CiNNYRis CHALYB.EUS (L.), Lesscr Double-collared 

 Suiibird. 



18. 3200 ft. 14. 11.07.— A nest, eight feet from the 

 ground, attached to the side of a vertical branch of Parinarhim 

 mobola. Two half-set eggs, 16 by 11 i^ mm. each ; ground- 

 colour pale grey, densely and niinutely mottled over with a 

 darker grey, especially at the larger end, and more especially 

 as a darker zone round the latter. 



28. 3200 ft. 27.11.07.— A second nest, six feet from 

 the ground, hanging from a forked twig of Comhretvm 

 splendemi. Eggs two, fresh, 17 by 13 and 17'5 by 13 mm. ; 

 ground-colour similar to Ihat of No. 18, but the markings 

 less dense and less minute, a browner grey, and imparting a 

 longitudinally streaky appeaiance to the entire egg. 



793. ('ISTICOLA NATALEXsis (A. Sm.). Natal Grass- 

 Warbler. 



74. 3200 ft. 30. 12.07.— A nest was found in a bunch 

 of grass one foot from the ground. It contained four hard- 

 set eggs, 20 by 14-7, 19-4 by 14-7, and 19 7 by 14-7 (two). 

 The ground-colour is pure white, speckled fairly thickly 

 all over with minute spots of light purplish grey. 



100. 3800 ft. 27.1.08.— A nest in grass-veld close to 

 CUiipete, one foot from the ground, in a tuft of green grass, 

 and, to judge from its ])resent appearance (it has been 

 preserved in ,«//»), extraordinarily well concealed, the grass 



