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tailed Finch-Lark (Avuuomancs phornicurn) noted ; also 
what was probably an Ashy-rrowncd Finch -Ijaik 'J'//''- 
rhidauda grisia). 
July 24. — Hearing a lot of cxciti'moni in a colony of Weaver birds 
{Plocvus haya i, 1 investigated and found that iha cause 
of their excitement was a Wandering Tree Pie (Denr!rocil la 
rt(fa) whieh was sitting on a bough of the tree levouring 
something without paying anj- hred (o Uu' agitation of (he 
Weavers. The something proved to be the corpse ol' a 
Weaver — apparently an adult. 
A flock of Eose-coloured Pastors s en. 
July 2G. — Visited a distant patch of fairly thick scrub or grass near a 
canal bank where a large number of Nightjars had been 
reported as seen a few days previously. .\l'lcr a short 
search 1 fell in with them and found thai niy informant 
had not exaggeialed . They were almost in I'oveys," six 
or seven getting uj) often near the same place, and there 
were often two or three on the wing at one time, ilaiting 
and gliding amongst the bushi s in a most erratic fashion. 
Each bird as it rose uttered a kind of clicking note. I 
secured a pair but uj) till the present have failed !o idculily 
the exact species. A very pretty cxhibiiion of Hying wa-i 
given when on one occasion a Nightjar who hail risen rather 
high into the air was chased liy a, Ri'il -Kea led Merlin. 
Needless to say no blood was drawn. 
A Black-winged Kite {EJaniis cicndfuso and a Cuckoo 
(Ciic'iliis cnnorvft) were noted — the Cuckoo is the first that 
I have seen here. 
July 27. — Six eggs found in a nest of the Bufous Fan I. -lil -Warbler 
{Cint'coJa rmrsUanf:), which was a very dainty liitic struc- 
ture two inches in breadth slung in the grass at (he base 
of a bush, about six inches from the groTind. The methoil 
of building appears to be first to weave a light hammock 
of cotton -like fibres in the shape of a long deep bag between 
the grass stems, the mouth of the bag being at the top ; a 
thick wad of small fragments of dry grass is then placed 
in the bottom of >h" bag to siiffen it, and over this is 
plastered by way of lining a soft felt down--rh'' whole 
forming a delicate but beautiful striicture. 
A few Eose-coloured Pastors seen. 
July 28. — Found many nests of the Rufous -fronted ^^'ren- Warbler 
(FrankUnia huchatnnii . This curious little bird in these 
parts chiefly builds in wild caper bushes — curious tangles 
of thoiny leafless stems, which grow in compact masses 
close to the ground. Wherever there is a patch of waste 
ground dotted with clumps of wild olive, there may the Wren- 
Wtirbler be expe-eted, several nests being built in one such 
patch , The nest is always ])laced low, at a height of from 
