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states that a nest was found near Bulawayo on January 29. 
It was built in a thorn tree about 4 ft. from the ground, and 
contained three white eggs with small black markings. 
If this observation, and those of Andersson and Marshall, 
are correct the Red-backed Shrike is undoubtedly double 
brooded like the Bee-eater (Merops apiaster). 
North of the Zambesi it was noticed by Neave in November 
on the Alala plateau, and also on the Lufupa on the borders 
of north-west Rhodesia, and the Congo Free State in October. 
In Nyasaland Whyte procured the species at Zomba in 
March, and at Lake Shirwa in December. Dr. Stuhlman 
obtained it at Quilimane in March, and Senhor Serpo Pinto 
at Ksango, where he informs us the natives call it “ Hiré.” 
The German collectors, Béhm, Stuhlman, and Fischer, 
have obtained it in many localities in German East Africa 
between October and April; and the same is the case with 
Jackson, Percival, Hinde, and Lord Delamere in British Kast 
Africa and Uganda. In the Upper White Nile valley it was 
collected by Emin, and at Khartum Butler states that it 
is a common winter bird, arriving from the north early in 
September; and that the immature birds greatly outnumber 
the adults. There are examples from this region in the 
British Museum, one from Wad Medina on the Blue Nile, 
killed September 20, and another from Bara, dated October 18, 
both obtained by Captain W. H. Dunn. 
Von Heuglin records it as occurring along the White Nile 
and the Ghazal River, as well as in Abyssinia and the islands 
of the Red Sea. Blanford only obtained one example at 
Amba on the Samhar Coast in August, and Jesse, one at 
Senafe on April 25. 
In Somaliland Erlanger noticed it abundant near Harrar 
and Ginir Ganale in April, but found it very shy; and Bury 
obtained it at two localities in the same country, Dubar, 
May 11, and Waghar, September 16. 
