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S.A. Nightjar [Caprimulgus jyectoralis). — Common in the 

 busliveld. It does not build a nest, but lays its eggs on the 

 dry leaves under tlie trees, and if disturbed will shift the eggs 

 or young ones. On one occasion I had a nest under obser- 

 vation, and several times I had to hunt for some lime to 

 find the nest, as it had been moved, and once when there 

 were young ones, they were moved fully three feet in 

 twenty-four hours. 



Breeding season November to January. 



It lays two eggs of a piiiki^jh-yellow colour lightly blotched 

 with brovv^n. 



Black-headed Oriole [Oriolus larvatus). — Common in 

 the bnshvehl. It builds a cup-shaped nest of moss (old 

 man's beard), which is very often suspended in a bunch of 

 the moss hannino- from the branch of a hioh tree from ten 

 to fifteen feet from the ground. 



Breeding seaso'i October to January. 



It lays two to three white eggs, spotted and streaked with 

 brown. 



Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus a/er). — Very common, 

 especially where there are high trees and bees. It builds a 

 neat saucer-shaped nest of twigs, moss, and cobwebs in the 

 fork of a branch or between two twigs in a high tree. 



Breeding season October to February. 



It hiys from two to four eggs — in some localities wliita 

 with brown spots, in others jiinkish with brown spots. 



Pa-RADISE Flycatcher (Terpsiphoue jjerspiclllatd). — (Atm- 

 mon in the bushveld, plantations, and orchards. It builds a 

 neat little cup-shaped nest of fibre, covered with moss, at 

 the end of a branch, very often overhanging a pool of 

 water. 



Breeding season October to March. 



It lays three eggs of a cream-colour spotted with brown. 



Cape Flycatcher {Paclyprora capensis). — C'Ommon in 

 the bushveld and bushy kloofs. It builds a neat little cup- 

 shaped nest of very fine twigs, fibre, and hair, covered with 



