368 TSCHAGRA SENEGALA 
and the cup is shallow, that in my collection measuring 
15 inches in depth and 2°5 by 3°5 in diameter, inside measure- 
ment. This nest is composed externally of dry weed-stems, 
a small frond of bracken, and, about the upper portion, a 
liberal allowance of spider’s web, and is lined with fine roots. 
The full clutch consists of three eggs, white in ground-colour 
and irregularly streaked, spotted and pencilled, chiefly about the 
larger end, and occasionally in the form of a zone, with brown, 
dark or pale yellowish or reddish (more usually the latter) and 
similar but paler underlying markings of grey, usually 
purplish in tone. In size they vary from 0°94 to 1°04 x 
OW tori: 
Chubb took a nest near Bulawayo on December 9, and 
gives a very similar account; Haagner and Ivy also de- 
scribe and figure an egg taken near Grahamstown. The 
last named states that the nest is very often placed between 
two aloe leaves. The bird is well represented in the British 
Museum from various localities north of the Zambesi as 
far as Mombasa and Ruwenzori; Gurney obtained it near 
the Athi River in British East Africa; he found it only 
in dense underwood and states that if flushed it would fly 
off with two or three harsh metallic notes to the nearest 
available cover. In the bill of one shot a large red beetle was 
found. 
The members of the recent Ruwenzori Expedition found 
this T'schagra very numerous throughout the acacia country 
at the south end of Ruwenzori and in the Semliki Valley. 
It was breeding in May and June. A nest, containing three 
eges, was composed of small sticks and roots, and lined with 
finer roots ; it was placed in a low acacia-bush about three feet 
from the ground. The eggs, which are figured in the report of 
the Expedition, are a slightly pointed oval in form and glossy in 
texture; the colour is white with irregular dots and streaks 
