76 Captain G. E. Shelley's Three Months 



have the beak and legs grey, the former tipped with black ; 

 the wattled eyelids are of a bright greyish blue ; irides dark 

 brown. 



73. MELiENORNis ATER^ Sundev. Black Flycatcher. 

 Very abundant about Durban and Pinetown, where they 



frequent the scattered trees in clearings in the bush^ generally 

 resorting to the upper branches, often in family parties. 

 Length in the flesh 8 inches. Beak and legs black ; irides 

 brown. 



74. Campephaga niger, Vieill. Black Caterpillar-eater. 

 I only met with a few specimens near Durban. 



75. Campephaga cesia, Licht. Grey Caterpillar-eater. 

 Not very uncommon in the thick bush near Durban. A 



boy who was with me shot at one of these birds with a cata- 

 pult, when it dropped a Mantis it was feeding on, but was 

 so intent upon its prey, that it came quite close to pick it up 

 again, and was dispatched by another shot. 



76. Lanius collaris (Linn.). Fiscal Shrike. 

 Extremely common in Cape colony, and not rare in Natal, 



where I frequently met with it about Durban and Pinetown. 

 I also saw it plentifully at Port Elizabeth. 



77. Lanius collurio, Linn. Red-backed Shrike. 

 I shot it on several occasions at Durban. 



78. Laniarius icterus, Cuv. Yellow-breasted Shrike. 



I procured one specimen from a collection which had 

 been made at Durban, where, however, it is probably far from 

 common. 



79. Dryoscopus cubla (Lath.). Puff-backed Shrike. 



A very abundant species about Durban and Pinetown in 

 the thick woods, where their jarring notes may be frequently 

 heard. Length in the flesh 6'5 inches. Adult specimens 

 have the irides bright golden yellow ; beak black; legs grey. 

 Immature birds have the irides brown ; beak horn-colour, 

 paler towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs grey. 



