Birds from South-eastern Africa. 263 



118. EURYCEPHALUS ANGUITIMENS, Smith. 



(129) S , Tatin, 13th December. Iris dusky ; bill black ; 

 tarsi and feet ash-colour. Total length in the flesh 10 inches. 



This species goes in small flocks in search of its insect- 

 food amongst the trees, where its harsh loud notes may be 

 heard. 



119. Bradyornis mariquensis, Smith. 



(130) ^ , Macloutsi river^ 15th December. Iris dusky; bill, 

 tarsi, and feet black. Total length in the flesh 7 inches. 



Here we saw two or three flying about the mimosa trees. 

 I do not remember to have previously met with this bird. 



120. Bradyornis infuscatus (Smith). 



Saxicola infuscata, Sharpe, new ed. Layard^s B. S. Afr. 

 p. 233 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 406. 



(117) ^ adult, and ,^ immature, Spalding's, Hart river, 

 2nd February. Adult: iris umber; bill brownish black; 

 tarsi and feet black. Total length in the flesh about 8 

 inches, immature bird 7"5. Their crops contained berries 

 and insects. 



I do not remember having met with this species before. 

 It has a Shrike-like appearance, and frequents the low bushes 

 near the river, and seems invariably to alight on the tops of 

 them. I am told they breed in this locality. 



[With regard to the genus Bradyornis, as summed up by 

 Mr. Sharpe (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 308), I would suggest 

 the following alterations : — Part u, section b' , should include 

 B. infuscatus (Smith), B. muriuus, Hartl. & Finsch, to which 

 B. oatesii, Sharpe^ should be referred, and B. pallidus (von 

 Miiller), to which B. modestus, Shelley, belongs. — G. E. S.] 



121. Bradyornis silens (Shaw). 



(158) Kanye, 17th January. In an immature male, iris 

 dusky ; bill, tarsi, and feet black. 



These birds frequent the low bush in rocky places and feed 

 upon insects. 



122. Prionops talacoma, Smith. 



(42) ($ , Umvuli river, 12th August ; and (^ , Tatin river, 



