Or 
8 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 
hoppers, larvee (both of moths and beetles), moth-ova, 
“‘Gumiti”’-seeds, and small flies. 
59. APALIS CHIRINDENSIS. Chirinda Bar - throated 
Warbler. 
Apalis chirindensis Shelley, Bull. B.O.C. xvi. p. 126 (1906). 
I have frequently watched small parties of these little 
Warblers in the forest, where they keep chiefly to the higher 
branches of the trees as they search for insects amongst the 
flowers and leaves, after the manner of White-eyes. The 
crops examined contained small beetles and flies. Length in 
the flesh from 4°8 to 5°25 inches. 
[This species, lately characterized by Capt. Shelley, is 
new to the Fauna of South Africa. He has supplied the 
following notes on it :— 
“ Analis chirindensis is similar to A. cinereus, but differs 
in having the forehead and crown of the same shade of 
dusky grey as the entire upper parts, and in the white of the 
tail being confined to rather narrow ends of the four outer 
pairs of feathers; most of the under wing-coverts and inner 
margins of quills white, with the remainder of the under 
surface of the quills and the pinion dusky black; under 
parts white, somewhat washed with a brownish shade. Iris 
pale orange-brown ; bill blackish; legs pale pinkish brown. 
Length in the flesh 5°25 inches (now 4°9).” 
The specimen described was obtained in the Chirinda 
Forest at an altitude of 4000 feet on June 14th, 1905.— 
Pak. 'S.] 
60. Prinia Mystacea. Tawny-flanked Wren-Warbler. 
Commonly met with in the open grass-veld and Jihu, 
but more especially near “vleis” and streams. Several 
clutches of eggs, unfortunately not identified, in a collection 
made recently by a neighbour exactly resemble those of 
Prinia mystacea taken by myself a few years ago near 
Salisbury, and I have recently (March 5th and 25th) had 
two nests brought to me containing eggs, one with the 
sitting bird. Both were composed of fine grass-blades 
strongly woven together and forming a deep semi-domed sac 
