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came down here in large numbers from the Drakensberg. On my last 
trip to Basutoland I succeeded in shooting the two birds which I sent you. 
Mr. Barnes, who returned here yesterday from patrolling the Drakensberg- 
on the Basutoland side, brought back three clutches of the eggs of the 
Siskin, and also a fine clutch of the orange-breasted Dock Jumper, and 
made the following notes on the nests and eggs : — 1st November, 1915 : 
Found nest in a tuft of grass on the edge of a krantz, in shape like that of 
the Cape Canary ( Serinus canicollis), built of grass and lined with horsehair ; 
it contained three eggs, white or very pale blue, sparingly spotted with 
reddish-brown. 2nd November: Found nest with three fairly fresh eggs; 
the nest was built like the previous one, in the shelter of a tuft of grass ; 
the eggs are also of the same colour. On the same date another nest was 
found containing one egg, which was added to by one on each of the 
following two days ; they were like the others, but rather different in shape.” 
Mr. Symons adds : — “ These birds are nesting in great numbers on the 
Drakensberg just now, and it would be easy to get ten or twelve clutches 
of their eggs. They are found at altitudes between 8,000 and 10,000 ft.; 
they are wonderful songsters and may be heard from sunrise to sunset.” 
The clutch sent to the Transvaal Museum may be described as being of 
a very pale bluish-white colour, sparingly spotted and slightly streaked, 
mainly at the thicker end, with varying shades of brown and purplish slate, 
and measure respectively 17 -3 X 13 *3, 17 T x 13 -5, and 17 -8 X 13 -5 mm. 
Mirafra africanoides harei, subsp. nov. 
Differs from M. africanoides africanoides in being altogether paler 
and the streaks above narrower and less conspicuous. 
Type : (J, T.M. No. B 7505, Windhuk, Damaraland, March, 1910, 
ex collection C. Wilde. “ Iris hazel ; total length 157 mm.” Length of 
wing 91, tail 65, tarsus 21 *5, culmen 13 -5 mm. Also a $ from same locality 
taken in July of the same year : “ total length 148 mm.” ; wing 86, tail 60, 
tarsus 21, culmen 13. 
A series of skins from the Transvaal seems to show that these are 
typical of the species ; but Shelley has assigned the type locality to 
Hopetown, south of the Orange River, and a pair of birds collected by 
Mr. H. L. Hare at Barkly West may therefore be nearer the typical colour ; 
they are much more richly coloured than those from the Transvaal, and 
it was my original intention to describe them as another race, but I have 
decided to leave the matter in abeyance for the present. The Damaraland 
birds are very readily distinguishable from those from both the Transvaal 
and Barkly West. 
Phyllastrephus terrestris rhodesiae, subsp. nov. 
A pale form, much paler than P. terrestris suahelicus from the lower 
Zambesi. 
Type: <J, T.M. No. B 3515, Machile River, North-Western Rhodesia, 
12th September, 1907, ex collection C. Wilde. “ Iris light-brown, bill and 
feet grey ; total length 220 mm.” Wing 90, tail 100, tarsus 22, culmen 24. 
The Transvaal Museum Collection contains a series of skins from the 
type locality as well as from various localities in northern Bechuanaland. 
Four races of this species are represented in the collection, namely : — 
