60 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 
63, CisticoLa suBRUFICAPILLA.  Grey-backed Grass- 
Warbler. 
Apparently fairly plentiful, particularly in grass-jungle. 
Several examples have been brought to me of late, limed by 
a native in the neighbourhood of Chipete. ‘This Warbler 
possesses quite a characteristic call, a loud repeated “ Pee / 
pee!” with the second note pitched in a lower key than the 
first, which it pipes from the top of a bush or stake. 
64. CisticoLa NaTaLEeNsis. Natal Grass- Warbler. 
A fairly plentiful bird in the grass-country, where it is 
often seen perched on some small tree. The crops examined 
contained beetles and grasshoppers. 
65. Turpus caBanist. Cabanis’s Thrush. 
This is a resident species and is the common Thrush of 
Chirinda. It is a shy bird and mostly frequents the darker 
thickets of the forest, where it is often to be found feeding 
on the ground, flying up into the undergrowth when dis- 
turbed. Two stomachs examined contained only ‘‘ Gumiti’’- 
seeds, and I once trapped this bird with a piece of guava as 
bait. It was probably breeding in December, as during 
that month a pair of birds used to fly round me in great 
agitation whenever I approached a certain spot. In spite of 
careful search I failed to find the nest, which was probably 
placed high in one of the forest-trees. 
66. Turpus tipontanus. Kurrichaine Thrush. 
This species is fairly plentiful in the kloofs and the some- 
what denser portions of the open woods throughout the 
year, but is not found in Chirinda. A bird trapped in 
February had evidently been sitting. The stomachs that I 
have examined contained beetles, larvee (Melalonthid and 
other), a locust, grasshoppers, a green shoot (probably of a 
germinating seed), and, in one case, seeds. 
67. Monticora sp. inc. Rock-Thrush. 
Of this bird I have shot only one specimen, which is in 
immature plumage. It was one of three which were feeding 
on the ground in open ‘ Manzhanshe’’ wood and rose into 
