Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. 159 
eggs of a very pale blue colour with minute spots of reddish 
brown, thicker at one end. They measured 16 X 1T5 mm. 
The nest was composed of soft grass and woolly seeds of 
plants, and formed a deep cup-shaped structure. 
97. Sylviella rufescens. 
Sylviella rufescens Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 115. 
Common. Usually found in the thickest trees, where it 
hunts up and down the trunk or among the branches in a 
very active manner. Frequents gardens occasionally. 
98. Eremomela polioxantha. 
Eremomela polioxantha Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. 
p. 108. 
*a. $ . Nov. 16, 1907. 
h. $ . March 22, 1908. 
c. ? . June 9, 1908. 
This species is by no means uncommon here. I have 
seen it flying in small parties from bush to bush. It 
resembles Sylviella rufescens in habits. 
99. Camaroptera sundevalli. 
Camaroptera sundevalli Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. 
p. 113. 
a . $ . Dec. 26, 1907. 
I found a nest of this*species on December 26, 1907. It 
contained two transparent white eggs with faint brownish 
plum-coloured blotches. The eggs measured 18x12 mm. 
The nest was a purse-shaped structure of very fine grass, 
bound together and attached by fine silk vegetable fibres to 
the leaves and stems of a nettle-like plant. It was about 
eighteen inches from the ground. The female was shot as 
it flew from the nest. 
100. Prinia flavicans. 
Prinia flavicans Stark & Scl. Birds S. Afr. ii. p. 136. 
<( Uboiyana/"’ 
A nest of this bird taken at Belle Vue Farm on March 1, 
1908, contained two eggs. The nest was purse-shaped, domed, 
with an entrance at the side, and composed of fine grass- 
