22 0)1 Birds from Wcihlerdroom. 



they are careful not to expose tlieir yellow breasts ; when 

 followed they often squat and allow one to oct (juite close 

 before suddenly fiittiug oif. 



Anthus crenatus, Finsch & Hartl. Yellow-tufted Pipit. 



I found this Pipit to be fairly common on the higher 

 ledges and slopes of the mountains around the village. The 

 males are fond of perching on the point of a rock, and, 

 pointing their beaks skywards, utter a clear wdiistling song 

 of two loud pipes, followed by half a dozen quivering notes 

 running down the key ; when first I heard them I mistook 

 them for one of the many variations of the song of the 

 Bakbakiri Shrike (which were numerous in the patches of 

 scrub near at h;md). The only female I obtained was silent 

 and running about amongst the stones on the hill-side. 

 They are very shy and tantalising, and I spent hours in 

 chasing the birds, trying to stalk them when singing : I 

 I could hear one singing on the teirace above me, and after 

 laboriousl}^ scrambling the krantz, would be just in time to 

 see it disap])Gar over the rocks and hear it singing below 

 me ; on scrambling down again it would fiy back to near its 

 first post, and so the little game woultl continue, until I gave 

 it up. I found one nest wdiich a ])iiir were building, ])ut 

 they deserted it after I had inspected it ; it was placed mider 

 the shelter of a grass-tuft on the slope of the hill. 



Anthus nicholsoni, Sh;irpe. Nicholson's Pipit. 

 This species is not very common, its ])lace being taken bv 

 the preceding species. 



Anthus rufulus cinnamomeus, Hiipp. 

 Very plentiful, in the open veld. 



BuDYTEs FLAVUs, L. Bluc-lieadcd Waxbill. 

 Arrived in small flocks on the 12th Nov., in very l):id 

 plumage, and, I was informed, remain all the sunnner. 



Bradypterus bab.ecllus (Vieill.). liabbling WwA 

 Warbler. 



This little-recorded AVai'bler is found in ;ili ilic ]i;ilchc> of 

 flense low sci'ub in the mountain kloof,-. It i> \er\ ditHnilt 



