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Birds of Southern Kdmerun. 
]081. Tchitrea rufocinerea. [Abelebele.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 456. 
In this case also I have merely to add to my former note 
the discovery of another nest with eggs, which this time I 
saved, though broken. They were taken in the nest, on 
which a male with large breeding-organs was shot. Three 
birds of this species have now been shot sitting on their 
nests, and two of them were males. 
[Two broken fragments of: eggs of this species closely 
resemble the eggs of T. viridis, but the markings are altogether 
smaller, those round the larger end taking more the form 
of spots of dark chocolate-brown and lilac-grey.—O.-G.] 
1118. SlGMODUS RUFIVENTRIS. 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 328. 
The birds of this genus have a strange appearance, which 
is heightened by the yellow iris; and have also strange ways. 
They go about in bands of half a dozen, flitting, one at a 
time, from one tree-top to another; they have peculiar cries, 
and make a lond snapping noise, which sounds as if made 
with the bill. They shew little fear and are easy to shoot. 
They are not common, and as they always attract attention 
when seen and are remembered as peculiar, I believe I can 
count up the times that I have seen them. Sometimes they 
have been met with in the big forest, sometimes in the 
second-growth trees, but never very near a village. 
1126 C . PoMATORHYNCHUS AUSTRALIS FRATER. [Nko’o- 
Bikotok.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 335. 
This is one of the commonest birds in the “bikotok” or 
old overgrown clearings, and even in the cassava-fields ; it 
is never found in the forest. Like all the common Shrikes 
of this country it is a bird of a conjugal disposition and is 
often seen in pairs. When mating it (probably the male 
only) utters a sort of song, which may be said to begin with 
a trill or rattle, and end with a keow ! keow ! keow \” all in 
a rich pleasant tone of voice. I have heard it also, while 
flying from bush to bush, make a sharp whip-snapping sound. 
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