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uudulating, and the call is somewhat harsh but clear. I 

 have not succeeded in finding the nest, although I have 

 taken young birds just out of it. 



TJiesoft parts are:— Adult <J . Irides brown ; wattle round 

 eye and bill cobalt-blue ; legs and toes slate-coloured. The 

 female has no vrattle and the bill is slate-blue. The young 

 male is like the female^ but the bill is dark horn-coloured, 

 lighter at the base. 



355. DiCKURUS AFER. 



CC. Plettenberg Bay, Mch. (4); Z. Sibudeni, Jan. (3) ; 

 Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (7) ; Legogot, Apl., 

 May (2) ; P. Coguno, July (2) ; Masambeti, Nov. (1) ; 

 Beira, Dec. (1); Tambarara, Apl, Maj^, June (3); Tete. 

 Sept. (3). 



Birds from Tete average a good deal smaller than those 

 from Cape Colony, viz. : — 



Wiug. Tail. 



Plettenberg Bay, (^ 138 mm. 124 mm. 



„ c^juv. ... 125 113 



,> ? 130 117 



Tete, c? 126 112 



„ ? 116 1C6 



[''Manengwani'^ of the Machangaan. 



This species was noted in the Knysna district, Natal, 

 Zuluhmd, the Eastern and North-Eastcru Transvaal, and 

 the Inhambane, Beira, Gorongoza, and Tete districts of 

 Portuguese East Africa. It frequents well-wooded country, 

 usually in pairs, and seems partial to the outskirts of 

 the woods and forests ; it regularly takes up its station 

 on the branches of a bare or dead tree, from which it darts 

 cut on passing insects. On grass being fired it comes in 

 numbers to catch the insects that are driven out, and will 

 dash repeatedly right into the burning herbage with absolute 

 fearlessness. The cry is loud and harsh, and the flight is 

 somewhat swift. 



The soft parts are: — (^ ad. Irides red; bill, legs and toes 

 black. ^ jnv. Irides brown. ? ad. Irides rich brown.] 



