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up in the undergrowth. The clutch in each case consisted of 
three glossy eggs, which were pure white, with the beautiful 
semitransparent appearance of those of a Woodpecker, and 
of a long oval form; they varied from 21°5 to 23 mm. in 
length and from 15 to 16 mm. in breadth. I found the 
birds exceedingly shy and stealthy, slipping down into the 
undergrowth at the slightest alarm and slinking away 
unseen to a considerable distance, whence they silently 
watched the proceedings from the branch of some small tree. 
It was consequently only as the result of repeated visits 
and long watching that I succeeded in identifying the nests. 
In one case two of the eggs disappeared, but the bird 
continued to sit on the third. The stomachs always con- 
tained numbers of beetles, and in one case a large black 
hornet. Length in the flesh from 6 to 6:1 inches. 
79. Puarystira peLTaTa. Green-throated Flycatcher. 
I shot a male of this handsome little Flycatcher in a 
forest-patch in the T'chikamboge Valley im August 1899, 
and subsequently watched a pair for some time in the open 
bush not far from Makwian’s kraal, again securing the 
male. Eye-wattles bright scarlet. Contents of stomachs, 
small beetles. In all probability, this bird will prove to be 
not uncommon in Mafusi’s country. 
80. Pacnyprora pimorPHa. Milanji Flycatcher. 
Pachyprora dimorpha Shelley, Ibis, 1903, p. 18 (Nyasa- 
land). 
An aristocratic little species, and the common Flycatcher 
of the forest-patches and densely-wooded kloofs. Its quaint 
little song sounds as though it were being produced by 
cleckwork, and is frequently heard in Chirinda. The 
birds—they go about in pairs throughout the year—will take 
up their station on some twig commanding a comparatively 
open space, and thence make short flights after passing 
insects: small beetles, caterpillars, and a large beetle-grub 
were the contents of the stomachs examined. I found a 
nest containing three eggs on the 18th of November ; they 
were bluish white, with a clearly-defined zone of dark 
