the Birds of St. Lucia Lake, Zulu/and. 523 



The specimens that we send (male and female) are almost 

 identical. The note is different from that of the other species 

 of the genus. Plumage, upper parts dark grey ; a broad strip 

 of black runs through the eye ; chin and throat white ; chest 

 and thighs light orange-buff, and a patch of the same colour 

 on the wing-coverts, a white line extending from the base 

 of the bill over the eye. Iris orange, feet and bill black. 

 Length : male 4| inches, female 3f . 



Terpsiphone perspicillata. (South African Paradise- 

 Flycatcher.) 



Sharpe, ed. Layard^s B. S. Afr. p. 352. 



Not very common. The bright blue cere and base of bill 

 of tliis bird fade after death. 



Laniarius gularis. (Zambesi Green Shrike.) 



Op. cit. p. 390. 



This rare bird, which we first met with on the Pongola, we 

 obtained again here. It sings fairly well, its notes being 

 loud and varied. 



Laniarius cubla. (Lesser Puff-backed Bush-Shrike.) 

 Op. cit. p. 392. 



This bird is also plentiful, and we have found its nest. 

 See our ' Natal Birds,' p. 34. 



Laniarius ferrugineus. (Large Puff- backed Bush- 

 Shrike.) 



Op. cit. p. 393. 



This bird is also plentiful on the lake : we have found the 

 nest. See our 'Natal Birds,^ p. 3i. 



other members of this group it further differs in the back being grey 

 of the same shade as the crown, and in the entire absence of rufous on 

 the wmgs and sides of the body. 



" The second specimen is in immature plumage and differs in having a 

 slight wash of rufous on the upper throat, a faint olive shade on the upper 

 back, and some broad rufous-buff margins to the feathers of the wing. 

 The bill is slightly larger and wider than in P. capetisis and P. dimorpJia, 

 but agrees perfectly with that of P. 7nixta."''\ 



