. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . towards his waggon. We found somenests of amadavats—the little pink ones, I were in course of construction, some finished;all hanging like fruit from a tree. One I took con-tained two eggs, white speckled with red. Mac-loule^ gave me this evening two goatsuckers eggshe had found, partly sat on. The nest is very slight,and placed on the ground.^ 1 The guide. 2 Frank Gates collected, during his wanderings, a considerablevariety of
. Matabele land and the Victoria Falls : a naturalist's wanderings in the interior of South Africa, from the letters and journals of the late Frank Oates . towards his waggon. We found somenests of amadavats—the little pink ones, I were in course of construction, some finished;all hanging like fruit from a tree. One I took con-tained two eggs, white speckled with red. Mac-loule^ gave me this evening two goatsuckers eggshe had found, partly sat on. The nest is very slight,and placed on the ground.^ 1 The guide. 2 Frank Gates collected, during his wanderings, a considerablevariety of birds eggs and nests, some of the latter very remarkable intheir construction. Two of these are represented in the accompanyingwoodcut, the first of which—probably that of an ^githalus or Pendu-line Titmouse—is of the consistency and texture of fine blanket, andnearly white in colour. It appears to be made from white cotton, or A DEAD ELEPHANT. 77 October \^th.—Soon after 7 started withboys to hunt. . Maqueban found the carcass of anelephant killed a few days ago. The two teeth—onebroken, but as heavy as the other—weighed together.
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