li^ Mr. C. F. iNI. Swvnncitoii on ^ests and 



^rouiul, a ncs^t was discjovrreil ooiitaiiiino- four e^'o"?, very 

 hard-set, measuring IG by 11 (two), IG by l()-5, and Kra by 

 11 mm. Like 52, but blotches far larger. 



52. 3800 ft. 16. 12. 07. — About 5 feet from the ground 

 a nest was found in the fork of a Solanum acideaslmm 

 stump on the outskirts of Chipete. It had less down in it 

 than is usually employed : fine grass-heads, moss, and fine 

 aspara<ms twigs (apparently Asparagus rirgatiis), while the 

 linino- is entirely of the pedicels of Thalidrtun rJnjnchocarjnun. 

 Three fresh eggs, 17 by 12, lG-5 by 11-5, and IG by 12 nun. 

 resijectively, white with smallisli l)ut bold and isolated Idots 

 and specks of chestnut-brown, and underlying ])iukish grey 

 scattered over the whole surface of the egg. 



85. 3200 ft. 9.1.08. — An unusual situation, tlie nest 

 being fastened by means of cobweb between one or two 

 leaves and a shrubby upright twig, 11 feet from the ground, 

 of an Krythrina tomcntosa standing by itself in some oj)en 

 grass flats ; it is compactly built and consists chiefly of tl:e 

 admixture of a fine yellowish moss with small downy p'ipj)i. 

 A numl)er of small mid-ribs of some pinnate leaf serve to 

 trace the exterior, while fine grass-heads have also l);M'n 

 largely utilized, especially for the lining. It cont;iine<l two 

 (piite fresh eggs, 18 by 13 and 17 by 13 mm., marked lik-j 

 No. 31, but with a pale blue ground. 



98. 3(')00 ft. 27. 1.08. — In a wooded glen near ('liij)ete, 

 4 feet G inches from the ground, the nest was slung between 

 and fastened neatly to hanging trailers of the lovely climbing 

 fern Lygod'mm sid>alatum. Fine moss, shredded fi])rous 

 bark, a little fine grass, downy pappi, and the pedicels of 

 Thalictrum form the material, the moss prcMlominating on 

 the outside, the papjn in the middle layer, and the pedicels 

 in the actual lining. The skin correlated with this nest, the 

 nest itself and its position are unmistakably those of Apalis 

 thoracica, but the eggs are obviously those of Cisticola semi- 

 torques. As the converse occurs in No. 100, taken on the 

 same date, I am, I think, justified in assuming that the eggs 

 marked with the latter number are actually those of 98, and 

 vice versa. They arc thro(> in numix'r. measure 17 by 12*5, 



