5GH J\Ir. J. L. Sowcrl)}' on Birds from 



atif/olensis, besides the uew Barbet, which also finds its 

 nearest ally in an Angolan species. — K. B. S.] 



All the birds in the present eollection were obtained in 

 one district, namely at Fort Chiquaqua, which is about 18 

 miles E.S.E. of Salisbury. 1 was stationed there from the 

 early part of July to the beginning of November. The 

 country is very broken^ and is mostly covered with " maho- 

 bohobo " -bush, though in the kopjes other kinds of bush 

 predominate. The country is Avell watered, and there are 

 many deserted native gardens. 



Along the road from Salisbury to Bulawayo the country 

 varies from thick bush to open undulating veldt. West of 

 the Sebakwc lliver it is mostly open, with very few kopjes, 

 and the "camel-thorn" and "wait-a-bit'^ are everywhere. 

 There is also less water than in Mashonaland. 



1. Heterocohax CAPENsis (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mas. iii. p. 12 (1877). 



Very common all over the Salisbury district. When 

 courting, about October, it caws very quickly, flying with a 

 fluttering action of the wings. It is not strictly gregarious, 

 and iisually not more than two or three are seen together. 



2. Oriolus larvatus Licht. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 264. 

 Common in bush-veldt. 



3. BucHANGA ASsiMiLis (Bcclist.) ; Slicllcy, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 264 ; Guy Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 245. 



Very common. Lives on flies, beetles, &c. The larger 

 beetles it catches in its beak and then transfers them to its 

 foot, after perching, to break them up. A veldt-fire always 

 attracts these birds, and I have seen them almost touching 

 the flames. 



4. Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundev.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 411 (1890). 



Sharjj'ia ayresii Shelley, Ibis, 1882, \). ob'd, pi. vii. fig. 2. 

 1 saw onlv one individual. 



