838 , MR. A. LOVERIDRE : NOTES ON 



a few ants, for without such additional insect diet they do not 

 thrive for long. It was a surprise how quickly the bird took to 

 this form of food, sitting on the edge of the bowl and sipping at 

 the mixture, with occasional intervals in which it gave vent to 

 the characteristic whistling chirp. I have seen the Scarlet- 

 breasted Sun-bird hovering in the air and taking termites on the 

 wing (Morogoro, 10. iv. 18). 



Nest with one egg (Morogoro, 19. ii. 17); nest with two eggs 

 (Morogoro, 13. iii. 17) ; building (Morogoro, 9. xii. 17). 



Chalcomitla vebreauxi a. Sm. 



"Verreaux's Sun-bird was found nesting on the Bluff at Durban 

 (21 . xii. 14) ; the two eggs were of a chocolate colour. 



Anthreptes collaris Yieill. 



The Natal Collared Sun-bird also found nesting on the Bluff 

 with two eggs (Durban, 21. xii. 14). 



MoTAciLLA VIDUA Sundev. 



The East African Pied Wagtail is one of the sweetest songsters 

 in the country, and quite rivals a canary. Its favourite perch 

 when singing appears to be the ridge of a roof ; in such a situation 

 1 have seen three or four of these wagtails in company witli a 

 row of swallows (Morogoro, 14. ii. 17). 



A nest containing three hard-set eggs was found on the brink 

 of a waterfall at Kabete — such a waterfall and surrounding scenery 

 as one might find in the Vale of Neath (Kabete, 26. v. 15). 



MOTACILLA FLAVA CAMPESTRIS Pall. {cf. Ibis, 1921, p. 666). 



During the month of November 1918 large flocks of Yellow 

 Wagtails were to be met with at Dar-es-Salaa,m. They were 

 particularly plentiful on the land near the sea-front, where they 

 ran at the heels of the transport oxen which were pastured there. 



Macrontx croceus Yieill. 



A nest of the Yellow-breasted Pipit containing a single egg 

 which disappeared the following day (Nairobi, vii. 15). 



Serinus striolata AFPiNis Richmond. 

 Nest with three eggs (Kabete, 24. v. 15). 



Passer griseus suahelicus Neum. 



A nest of the Swahili Grey Sparrow containing three eggs in 

 the masonry of a house. Both nest, eggs, and sitiiation similar 

 to those of the English Sparrow (Kongwa, 25. iv. 17). 



Hypochera orientalis Reichw. 



Found a freshly-killed male lying dead in the bush without 

 any visible signs of violence ; one leg was missing from the knee, 



