544 Mr. L. B. Mouritz on the 



138. t Pomatorhynchus australis. Three- streaked Busli- 

 Shrike. 



Telephonus australis (Smith) ; Scl. ii. p. 22. 

 Uncommon, except within the hills where it is more 

 plentiful. 



139. X Pomatorhynchus senegalus. Black-crowned Bush- 

 Shrike. 



Telephonus senegalus (Linn.) ; Scl. ii. p. 19. 



Sind. " umgabane " or *' ukupane/' also applied to the 

 previous species. 



More numerous within the hills than on the surround- 

 ing veld, and often found in kopjes ; it also delights 

 in frequenting the larger ''dwalas." A male shot 

 February 7 measured 223 mm. in length ; wing 82'5, tail 

 113'5, tarsus 29, and culmen 20 mm. Irides light bluish- 

 grey ; bill blackish, merging into pale bluish-horn at tip and 

 gonys ; legs and feet bluish-grey. 



140. Chlorophonus sp. 



On several occasions in August 1912 I met with some 

 Bush-Shrikes round the base of Mshingili and Mawa in 

 " isiqwalapa,'^ but I did not succeed in procuring a specimen. 

 They were about seven or eight inches in length and were 

 greenish-yellow above, including head and tail, and bright 

 yellow below, merging into deep orange on the breast and 

 throat, I noticed particularly that there was no yellow on 

 the forehead. These Shrikes appeared to be C. olivaceus or 

 a closely allied species ; but the Olive Bush-Shrike, although 

 recently recorded as far north as Chirinda in southein 

 Melsetter by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, has not yet been 

 found at any distance westward. 



141. Laniaritis major. Large Puff-back Shrike. 

 Dryoscopus guttatus Hartl. ; Scl, ii. p. 28. 



These Shrikes are by no means rare birds within the hills, 

 where they love to frequent such situations as the 

 bush-covered banks of the Malemi River — below the 

 Msliingili-Malamba Gorge. All the adult examples which I 

 have examined have had the underparts well shaded with 



