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Breeding season September to March. 

 It lays from three to five greenish-grey eggs spotted and 

 blotched with brown. 



TcHAGRA Bush-Shrike {TelepJionus tchagra). — Very 

 ■common along the Gamtoos River. It builds a shallow cup- 

 shaped nest o£ twigs and fibre, usually in the fork of a 

 branching dwarf aloe. 



Breeding season October to January. 



It lays three eggs of a white colour spotted and streaked 

 with brown. 



Greater Puff-backed Shrike (^Dryoscopus ferrugineus). 

 — Very common in the bushveld and bushy kloofs. It 

 builds a saucer-shaped nest of fibrous roots in a thick bush. 



Breeding season October to January. 



Eggs three and of a bluish colour with brown spots. 



Bakbakiri Shrike (Laniarius gidturalis). — Very common. 

 It builds a cup-shaped nest of twigs and weeds, lined with 

 fibre, wool, and hair in a dense bush or shrub. 



Breeding season October to February* 



It lays three greenish-blue eggs spotted and blotched with 

 brown. 



Noisy Robin-C^hat {Cossypha hicolor). — Common in the 

 bushveld and bushy kloofs. It builds a cup-shaped nest of 

 fibrous roots in a krantz or dense bush. 



Breeding season September to January. 



It lays three eggs of a brownish colour, mottled with 

 darker brown. 



Brown Robin-Chat [Cossypha sigjiata). — Common in the 

 bushveld. I have not found any of their nests. 



Cape Robin-Chat [Cossypha caffrd). — Common in certain 

 parts of the district, especially the bushy kloofs of the 

 zuurveld. I have not found any of their nests. 



Black Bush-Robin {Tar^iger sihns),—yei-j coomon in 



