400 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
extending on to the cheeks; quills ashy below, whitish on the inner 
webs. Total length, 10 inches; culmen, 0.8; wing, 5°05 ; tail, 4°8 ; 
tarsus, 0°95. 
Adult female.—Similar to the male, but decidedly lighter grey, 
and having the lores grey instead of blackish. Total length, 10 
inches ; wing, 4°95; tail, 4°8; tarsus, 0°95. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. IV. pls. 162, 163. 
Fam. PRIONOPIDZ. 
882. EvrocerHatLus aAncuitimens, Smith. Smith’s Wood Shrike. 
This is a bird of the interior, and is not found further south than the 
Transvaal; here Mr. Ayres met with it in the district of the River 
Limpopo, in companies of from sixto ten. Mr. T. E. Buckley shot 
a specimen in Bamangwato, and also procured it at Tati, where the 
late Mr. Frank Oates likewise fell in with the species. Dr. Exton 
found it at Kavye, and informs us that it keeps much to the open 
forest, and is very shy and wary. It ranges to the Zambezi, and in 
Damara Land, writes Mr. Andersson “it is pretty common as well as in 
the parts adjacent, including the Lake regions. In the neighbour- 
hood of the Okavango I observed single individuals perched on the 
highest and most conspicuous boughs of trees, from whence they 
would dart on passing winged insects; but in the other localities 
where I met with this species, I found it associated in considerable 
flocks, which, when disturbed, moved leisurely to the nearest tree, 
rarely all at once, but one or two individuals at a time, chattering 
incessantly whilst moving. These flocks frequent indiscriminately 
bush and forest, hopping about amongst the branches and foliage in 
search of insects. The flight of this species is straight, with a short, 
rapid, and quivering motion of the wings.” 
Senor Anchieta states that it is very common at Humbe, where it 
is called Bamba, and he also met with it at Capangombe in Mos- 
samedes ; the native name is here Kitecuria. Mr. Sala shot a 
specimen at Katenbella, in Benguela. 
Adult male.—Head creamy white above, extending on to the 
nape ; lores and feathers below the eye black; ear-coverts, hinder 
part of cheeks, and sides of neck blackish brown, shading off into 
deep chocolate-brown on the latter; fore part of cheeks white, like 
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