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restless, and uttering a loud, harsh warning, which imme- 
diately attracts her mate. The eggs vary slightly, some 
clutches being more profusely spotted, but the colouring is 
very similar.” 
In Zululand, the Brothers Woodward procured a_ series 
of adult birds at Eschowe, and according to Mr. W. L. 
Sclater its Zulu name is “ Inlongwana.” Northward, through- 
out eastern Africa, to as far north as southern Somaliland, 
it is somewhat locally distributed, as it never leaves the thick 
bush. Exton mentions meeting with a party of four at 
Kanya in Bechuanaland, Jameson and Ayres saw them in 
Mashonaland, and Mr. Guy Marshall observed a single pair 
at Salisbury. In the neighbouring Gazaland district, accord- 
ing to Mr. Swynnerton, it is called in the Ishindowo language, 
“Mdheneuri,” and in Singuni, “Intengu,” and he writes: 
“Tt is the common Drongo of the forest patches, to which it 
confines itself. It possesses, to the full, the bold habits and 
the loud and varied cries of its near relative D. afer, and 
quite takes its place in Chirinda.” He also mentions that 
on two occasions, when he was examining nests of a Bulbul 
and of a Dove of the genus Aplopelia, he was assailed by 
pairs of these Drongos, which flew at him within a yard of 
his face. 
From British Central Africa I have seen only a single 
specimen, obtained by General Manning at Chilasulo. It has 
been recorded from Biki (Béhm), Msua (Emin), and to this 
species belongs the D. modestus, Ibis, 1889, p. 226, from 
Kikombo in Ugogo, of which Dr. Pruen writes: “ Native 
name ‘Mulamba.’ Feeds on butterflies and builds in trees,” 
and the D. atripennis, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 578, recording Sir 
John Kirk’s specimen from Usambara. Fischer obtained it 
at Muniuni, on the Tana River, and Erlanger procured 
thirteen specimens between Bardera and the mouth of the 
Juba River in south Somaliland. 
