308 :Mr. W. L. Schiter ua Birds c.olkcled 



205. Cala.monastes fasciolatus. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. (1); Turfloop, Meli. (1). 



[On only two occasions have I seen this striking Wren- 

 AVarblcr — once when a pair were seen hunting in the loAver 

 l)r;inches of a thorn-tree in the " hush vehl " of the North- 

 Eastern Transvaal, and again when a single female was 

 seen and shot on a rocky kopje overgrown with a small 

 euphorbia and thickets of " Num-num." It has a shar}) 

 alarm-note, and in habits and actions is not unlike the 

 jMiropean Wren [Anorthuru troglodytes). 



The soft parts are ; — 



(^ . Irides i)ale hazel; bill dark brown; legs and toes 

 fleshy-brown. 



? . Similar to J, but greater part of the lower mandible 

 pate brown.] 



267. Prinia hypoxaxtha. 

 Tv. Woodbush, Nov. (2). 



[The pair brought home are, curiously enough, the only 

 specimens I have seen of this species. These were frequenting 

 the long thick grass and vegetation bordering a mountain 

 stream, and in appearance and call resembled P. '}iiijstacen. 

 They were probably breeding, but I could not discover the nest. 



The soft parts are: — Irides hazel; bill black; legs and 

 toes pale brown.] 



268. Prinia maculosa. 



CC. Kli])fontein, May, June (4) ; Port Nolloth, July (1) ; 

 slopes of Table Mt., Jan. (3) ; Plettenberg Bay, Feb., 

 iMch. (2). 



[" Tentenki " of Colonists. 



Namaqualand, the Cape Peninsula, and the Knysna 

 district are the only localities in which I have seen the Cape 

 Wren-Warbler. It is plentiful everywhere, and frequents 

 the scruuby bush on the flats and hill-sides. It is an ex- 

 ceedingly lively and active little bird, and is generally found 

 in pairs. It is often seen perched on the tops of the bushes, 

 uttering at intervals a chirpy note and continually jerking 

 the tail up and down ; when creeping about among the 



