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liird found here in abundance is the vivacious l)rown 

 chat with white wings, termed by witty widows the 

 flirting chat, because it spends so much time in courting 

 the hens. These birds seem to l)e dancing, singing, oi- 

 fluttering in the air as long as the sun shines. 



The Honey-guide [liidiraloy major). 

 Natives find this bird usefnl, as it leads thum to the bees' nests, but 

 sportsmen regard it as a nuisance, for it alarms the game by its 



twittering. 



The honey-guides have nothing to reconnnend them- 

 selves to the notice of man in the way of size oi' 

 2)lumage. They are about the size of larks, with dun- 

 coloured plumage and bills like sparrows. Some of 

 these birds have the habit of leading men to the nests 

 of bees. This habit was first described by Sparrman 



