376 Mr, T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 



country. It is a bold bird^ driving any Crow or bird of prey 

 from its vicinity. This species is an early builder, as I found 

 full-grown young ones in a nest on the 28th of November; 

 the nest was placed in the fork of a branch, and seemed very 

 small for the young birds ; the parents sat in the tree close 

 to me while I was inspecting the nest. This birds sits on a 

 branch of a tree, high up, on the look-out for insects, which 

 it catches on the wing and then returns to its perch. They 

 are generally found in paii*s. 



NiLAUs BRUBRU (Lath.). 



S . Matabili, September 29th, 1873. 



$ . Shashai, September 13th, 1873. 

 Beak and legs horn-colour ; iris hazel. 

 The Shashai specimen had the beak and legs black ; iris 

 dark hazel. 



A common species in the Matabili country. 



Dryoscopus cubla (Lath.). 



a, ^. Limpopo, November 15th, 1873. 

 Beak and legs black ; iris red. 



b, ^ . Matabili, September 22nd, 1873. 

 Beak blackish grey. 



Prionops talacoma. Smith. 

 ? . Transvaal, November 30th, 1873. 



Beak black ; legs brick-red ; iris lemon-yellow ; fringe 

 round the eye yelloAV. 



A common species north of Pretoria into the Matabili 

 country. They go in flocks from bush to bush, and feed alike 

 in the trees and on the ground. They are by no means shy. 



Laniarius sulfureipectus (Less.). 

 a, ^ . Limpopo, November 12th, 1873. 

 Beak black ; legs lead-colour ; iris dark hazel. 

 Shot creeping about the bushes on the Limpopo river; 

 tolerably common. 



Laniarius ATROcocciNEUs (Burch.). 

 a, ? . Bamangwato, August 23rd, 1873. 

 Beak and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 



