80 
Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 
besides several species of Sun-birds. Other birds which are 
frequently to be seen in these parties are Dryoscopus hamatus, 
Nilaus nigritemporalis, Elminia albicauda , Uyliota australis y 
Zoster ops spp., Anaplectes sp., and occasionally Coracina 
pectoralis *. 
What object these birds can have in associating together 
in such numbers is not very clear. It has been suggested 
that they may obtain some protection from hawks under 
Text-fig. 2. 
these circumstances. Personally I incline to the view that 
by travelling through the woodland in such numbers they 
greatly benefit each other by the disturbance they cause 
among the insects upon which they prey. 
* This fact has also been noticed in West Africa by Mr. G. L. Bates 
jjjlbis,’ 1905, p. 462 ).—Edd. 
