56 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 
soles brighter yellow than in the old bird. Length in the 
flesh 7°5 inches. 
[This species, which makes an addition to the South- 
African Fauna, has been identified by Capt. Shelley, who 
originally described it in 1892 from specimens procured in 
Nyasaland.—P. L. 8. ] 
55. Sytvra stmpLex. Garden-Warbler. 
I have seen a pair of Garden-Warblers on two or three 
occasions on the outskirts of Chipete. It is a well-known 
winter-visitor to the Transvaal (see Sclater, Birds S. Afr. 
Ik. IP-1Se). 
56, Puy.ioscopus trocuitus. Willow-Wren. 
One specimen of this species was secured, out of a party 
which was searching the twigs of a large Rauwolfia for 
insects. 
57. SYLVIELLA WHYTILI. 
Sylviella whytet Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 13. 
These birds are not uncommonly met with in the open 
woods, usually going about in small parties and resembling 
the preceding species in their habits. 
[Identified by Capt. Shelley: new to the South-African 
Fauna.—P. L. S.] 
58. Apatis THorAcicus. Bar-throated Warbler. 
This is the ordinary Warbler of the forest and occurs in 
favourable situations throughout the district. I found it not 
uncommon at Mafusi. It is the Apalis referred to by 
Mr. Marshall in the ‘Ibis’ for April, 1900 (p. 200), as dif- 
fering from A. thoracicus in having a lemon-yellow abdomen 
and vent. There is a larger broad-banded and a smaller 
narrow-banded bird, but I have been unable to satisfy myself 
as to whether these are specific or merely sexual differences. 
The call of this Warbler is a loud cheerful “ Pilly-pilly ! 
Pilly-pilly-pilly!”? but more commonly, as it creeps about 
amongst the dense undergrowth or makes short flights after 
insects, it utters a long-drawn ‘‘ chwee chwee.” The nest is 
