250 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



quantities in Sc])teniber and October, and grows on large 

 dark-leaved trees in the forest. 



57. TuRDUs LiTsiTSiRUPA; Smith. 

 (166) ? , Sikogolo river, 17th January. 

 Scantily scattered throughout the country. 



58. TuRDUs LiBONYANUs, Smith. 



(32) (^ , Umvuli river, 7th August. Matabele name " In- 

 shlava." 



Occasionally a pair is to be found here and there about the 

 country of the Mashoonas ; but near Rustenburg, in Trans- 

 vaal, it is the commonest of the true Thrushes. 



59. Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney. 



(26) Umvuli river, 2nd August. Matabele name " Ipoti." 

 Iris dark brown; bill, tarsi, and feet black. 



Rather scarce in these parts, but very abundant in the 

 Rustenburg district of the Transvaal. 



60. Crateropus iucoi,or (Jard.). 



(122) (^ , Tatin river, 8th December. Iris light yellow ; 

 l}ill black; tarsi and feet ashy black. 



These l)irds go in small parties and arc very noisy. 



61. Crateropus plebeius (Riipp.). 



(57) Umvuli river, 17th August. jNlatabcle name " Im- 

 vauana.^^ 



Not at all uncommon along the banks of the river, where 

 their noisy and lively notes are frequently heard. They feed 

 amongst the brushwood on the ground, both on fruit and 

 insects, often scratching the dead leaves over after the man- 

 ner of the true Thrushes. 



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62. Cossypha heuglini, Hartl. 



(65) Umvuli river, 25th August. Iris umber ; bill black ; 

 tarsi and feet dingy ashy brown. 



This species was exceedingly scarce. It frequents dense 

 thickets lining the small rivulets that run into the Umvuli, 

 and from its retiring habits is not often seen. 



