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sinole frond. Two oii<is, I'S I)y 12' 1 iiiin. e;ifli, intennodiate 

 ill colouring l)otween Nos. 72 and 'JG, but with leanings to 

 the latter. The bird was exceedingly tame, merely flying a 

 few 3^ard-i off and there quietly preening its feathers. 



71. :52()0 ft. 30.12.07. — A third nest 1.5 inches from 

 the ground, slung, after the fashion of an English Reed- 

 Warbler's (^1. arandinacevs), between three vertical stems of 

 Vernnnia natalensis, to which it was looped bv means of the 

 same very fine grass-blades that formed the general material. 

 Two hard-set eggs, 16 by 11"5 and 16 by 11 mm., two of 

 them resembling No. 72 in ground-colour and the third 9(J ; 

 the markings were of the former type, but far slighter. 



72. 3200 ft. 30. 12.07.— A nest in grass-veld. The 

 description of the situation, &c. of nest 71 a[)plies absolutely 

 to this nest too. There was no special lining in either case. 

 Four hard-set eggs, of which the survivor measures l(j by 

 11'3 mm., and is pale dull grey with a few long-drawn 

 scrawls and hieroglyphics of deepest chestnut. 



96. 3500 ft. 22. 11. 08.— A nest on a grassy hill, 3 feet 

 4 inches from the ground, in a dense clump of Triumfetta 

 annua. It is unusual, in lieing built comparatively loosely 

 of far coarser grass-blades than are as a rule employed by 

 this species. No special lining, 5-5 inches deep by 2-75 

 inches diameter. The cup is 2*5 inches deep inside, and the 

 opening of the nest 1'25 inches across. Four eggs, ju^t 

 about to hatch, over the pale grey ground-colour, and a 

 suffused ring of light chestnut surrounds the thicker ends. 

 In and around this are scrawled a few exceedingly fine lines 

 of a far darker shade with, in one egg, a blot or two of the 

 same colour. 



99 a. 3()00 ft. 27. 1. 08. — Three eggs, two comparatively 

 frc^h, one addled. 



102. 3200 ft. 30.1.08. — A nest slung, Keed-Warbler 

 fashion, between thin vertical stems of Cryptolepis ohlongi' 

 folia, 3-2" feet from the ground, Composed externally of the 

 usual fine, soft, tough, reddish grass-blades, and lined with 

 a qua)itity of the finest soft grass-heads with seeds removed. 

 Total depth 4*5 inches, diameter 2-75, opening (as usual, 



