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in flocks outside the town, while towards evening they would 
all sing together from the tops of high trees, after the manner 
of Starlings. 
On the approach of the breeding-season, in December, 
this Bulbul becomes very noisy, and there is no bird then 
more solicitous of its young. 
On Christmas Day we found some youngsters, fully fledged, 
sitting in a row on a slender bough, and paying no heed to 
the anxiety exhibited by their parents, which were beating 
about in the bushes close by, and uttering the whole time 
their alarm-notes, a series of sharp “ chucks,” accompanied 
with a rapid opening and closing of their wings. 
75. Andropadus oleaginus (Peters), 
Not common, and observed near the river from Zumbo 
onward. Towards the middle of November this species was 
breeding, and the females alone appeared to undertake the 
task of incubation, for the specimens shot invariably turned 
out to be males. 
Though this bird may often be observed in company with 
Chloi'ocichla occidentals, it can readily be distinguished from 
that species by its smaller size. 
The song of the male is soft and musical, uttered in a 
deliberate manner, and might be described by the syllables 
<f tu-tu-tui-tui,” several times repeated. 
Adult (Zumbo). Iris lemon-yellow. Length 7*6 inches, 
wing 3°65. 
76. Chlorocichla occidentalis (Sharpe). 
The first time we saw this beautiful Bulbul was at 
Mesanangue, our first regular camp, about 30 miles above 
Tete. We obtained there only one specimen, but the 
further we went up the river the more noticeable did this 
species become (especially near Chicowa and about Zumbo), 
it being, however, locally distributed, and so much so that it 
was not unusual to find the individuals of a certain locality 
congregated in one small well-wooded valley and consorting 
with Yellow-vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus layardi). When 
in thick undergrowth they utter loud scolding notes on 
