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



113. Laniarius cuBLA (Shaw) . 



(67) Um villi river, 27tli August, and Gauyani river, 18th 

 September. Female : iris bright reddish orange j bill bluish 

 ash, with the culmeii horny black ; tarsi aud feet bluish ash. 

 Male : iris more crimson ; bill black ; tarsi and feet light 

 ash-colour. 



Pretty common in Mashoona land. The birds were mostly 

 hunting for insects among the foliage in the tops of the trees. 



114. Telephonus erythropterus (Shaw). 



(56) (^ , Umvuli river, 17th August; and ? , Kanye, 7th 

 January. INIale : iris ashy blue ; bill black ; tarsi and feet 

 light ash-colour. The crop contained grasshoppers. 



Generally distributed over the wooded parts of the country. 



115. Telephonus trivirgatus, Smith. 

 (56 ? , Tatin river, 9th December. 



Common at the Tatin river, where I have seen several 

 together in wet weather, each by turns rising high over the 

 bush with a fluttering flight, and, uttering a loud chirra,chirra, 

 chirr a, dive into the bush again. 



116. Nilaus brubru (Lath.). 



(18) Palatswie Pan, 3rd June. Iris umber-broMii ; bill 

 black, Avith the basal part of the lower mandible bluish ash ; 

 legs light ash. 



This bird is apparently pretty evenly distributed through- 

 out the bush-country of South Central Africa. AYe found it 

 at the Umvuli river, Mashoona land, in September, solitary 

 or in pairs. 



117. Graucalus PECTORALis (Jai'd. &; Selby). 



(30) Umvuli river, 7th August and 4th September. Iris 

 umber ; bill black ; tarsi and feet in male dark ash, in female 

 black. Total length in the flesh, male 10 inches, female 9'75. 



This is decidedly a scarce bird. It is solitary in its habits, 

 and frequents the high tree-tops, where it feeds upon cater- 

 pillars and various insects, 



[This species is new to the eastern division of South Africa. 

 — G. E. S.] 



