904 MR. A. LOVERIDGE : NOTES ON 



markedly difterent eggs and a newly-liatolied young one (Mtali's^ 

 22.x. 21). " . 



I visited the last-mentioned site a little earlier this year and 

 found five eggs ; the bird had only just commenced to sit. My 

 collector obtained the eggs by fastening his fez to a withy and 

 fishin"- them out one at a time, whicii he accomplished success- 

 fully though in a very precarious position himself all the time 

 (Mtali's, 9"x. 22). 



CORVUS SCAPULATUS Daud. 



The nest of a White-bellied Raven was found in a, bussu-palm 

 about forty feet from the ground, the palm being in open bush- 

 country. The nest, which was on a heavy base of twigs, had a 

 lesser foundation of bark cord commonly used, and di.scaided, by 

 porters. On this was a thick lining of goat's hair and a few ends 

 of string. It contained four typical crow eggs measuring 

 41x28 mm., much smaller than the ravens, which were 

 50 X 33 mm. (Izikisia, 16, xi. 21). 



Nest at the top of a slender fir-like tree in the town contained 

 three young. Nest was fully sixty feet from the ground (Kilosa, 

 28.xi. 21). 



Building in a baobab at Pooma (4. x. 22). Four newly-finishecT 

 nests in stunted trees growing from the rocks at Shanwa 

 (21.x. 22). 



D ICRU R ID^. 

 DiCRURUS AFER LUGUBRIS Hompr. 



When collecting lepidoptera I caught a Black Drongo in my 

 net ; its stomach contained beetles (Frere Town, 29. vii. 20). 



Flushed a bird from its nest built in the fork of a branch of a 

 low tree at a height of seven feet from the ground. The nest 

 was made of fibres and grasses fastened together with spider-web 

 but unlined. It held three perfectly fresh eggs, one of which 

 was misshaped with a protuberance at the lower pole. The 

 ground-colour of these eggs was slightly pinkish, upon which were 

 superimposed brownish-red blotches, particularly tliick around 

 larger pole. I watched a male displaying a few days ago, rising 

 and diving before the female which was sitting on a tree(Tambali, 

 21.x. 21). 



L A N I I D yE . 



Lanius cauanisi liartert. 



Nest built entirely of rootlets (coarser used for exterior, finer 

 for lining) measured 5 x 4;^ inches outside, 4x34 inside, and 

 1| inches in depth. Clutch consisted of three fresh eggs mea- 

 suring 26 x 19 mm. Pale olive ground-colour, with blotches of 

 purplish-brown and brown grouped around the lai-ger pole ; a. few 

 scattered elsewhere (Tindiga, 26. i. 22). 



