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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
265. Calamonastes fasciolatus. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. (1); Turfloop, Mch. (1). 
[On only two occasions have I seen this striking Wren- 
Warbler—once when a pair were seen hunting in the lower 
branches of a thorn-tree in the “ bush veld’* of the North- 
Eastern Transvaal, and again when a single female was 
seen and shot on a rocky kopje overgrown with a small 
euphorbia and thickets of “ Num-num.” It has a sharp 
alarm-note, and in habits and actions is not unlike the 
European Wren ( Anorthura troglodytes). 
The soft parts are :— 
$. Irides pale hazel; bill dark brown; legs and toes 
fleshy-brown. 
? . Similar to $, but greater part of the lower mandible 
pale brown.] 
267. PrINJA HYPOXANTHA. 
Tv. Woodbush, Nov. (2). 
[The pair brought home are, curiously enough, the only 
specimens I have seen of this species. These were frequenting 
the long thick grass and vegetation bordering a mountain 
stream, and in appearance and call resembled P. mystacea. 
They were probably breeding, but I could not discover the nest. 
The soft parts are : —Irides hazel; bill black ; legs and 
toes pale brown.] 
268. Prinia maculosa. 
CG. Klipfontein, May, June (4) ; Port Nolloth, July (1); 
slopes of Table Mt., Jan. (3) ; Plettenberg Bay, Feb., 
Mch. (2). 
[ u Tentenki ” of Colonists, 
Namaqualand, the Cape Peninsula, and the Knysna 
district are the only localities in which I have seen the Cape 
Wren-Warbler. It is plentiful everywhere, and frequents 
the scrubby bush on the flats and hill-sides. It is an ex¬ 
ceedingly lively and active little bird, and is generally found 
in pairs. It is often seen perched on the tops of the bushes, 
uttering at intervals a chirpy note and continually jerking 
the tail up and down; when creeping about among the 
