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Mr. G. L. Bates— Field-Notes on the 
me. This nest, which was found on a bush in the forest, 
just such a situation as that of the one already mentioned in 
‘The Ibis 3 (1905, p. 95), was similar to it. It was merely 
a large bunch of fresh moss hung from a twig, with a nest 
built inside of it, composed of dry leaves and stems and the 
black fibres so often seen in forest-nests. The two eggs 
measured 23*5 x 17 mm. and 25 x 17*5 mm. 
[Two eggs are similar to those of S. camerunensis. —O.-G.] 
1071. Elminia longicauda. 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 456. 
I have to add to my note on this bird— 6 Ibis 3 (l. c.) } in 
which its nest was described—the discovery of another nest, 
similar to the former. It was found also in June, and 
contained two eggs, measuring 16 X 12'5 mm. 
[Two eggs of this species are of a slightly pointed oval 
shape and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, 
thickly mottled and clouded in a wide zone round the larger 
end with lilac-grey and greenish grey.—O.-G.] 
1083. Tchitrea viridis (Mull.). [Abelebele.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 454. 
I have to add to my note in ‘ The Ibis 9 (7. c.) that other 
nests with eggs have been found, on which the bird has been 
either caught or shot. These nests are all neat little cups, 
which differ from those of the two forest-species of Tchitrea 
in having no moss in their bases. The eggs were in every 
case two in number. They measure: length 18-19 mm., 
breadth 14 mm. 
[Five eggs are of a rather short, somewhat pointed oval 
shape and devoid of gloss; the ground-colour is creamy- 
white spotted with light red and lilac-red, the markings 
being chiefly confined to a ring round the larger end, though 
a greater or less number of separate spots are scattered 
over the rest of the shell. In one specimen the markings 
round the zone are very indistinct and are wanting on the 
rest of the shell.—O.-G.] 
