DRYOSCOPUS ANGOLENSIS 355 
to Thamnophilus. This is shown in the small weak feet, the 
wing, in which the fourth, fifth and sixth primaries are the 
longest, and the fine white streaks on the ear-coverts. 
Dryoscopus angolensis. 
Dryoscopus angolensis, Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 111 Bembe ; Gadow, 
Cat. B. M. viii. p. 134 (1883); Shelley, B. Afr. i. No. 740 (1896) ; 
Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 590 (1903). 
Adult male. The whole of the upper half of the head and nape black 
with a slight bluish gloss marked off very abruptly from the mantle, which 
with the wings, tail-coverts and tail is dark slaty grey; rump and lower 
back pearly grey with whitish bases to the feathers, which often shows as 
a patch in the middle of the back; below white washed with grey most 
strongly on the flanks, which are almost slaty; edge of the wing, under 
wing-coverts and inner margins of the quills white. Iris dark brown, 
eyeball azure blue, bill black, feet pinkish to purplish. Total length 7:25 
inches, wing 3:15, tail 2°70, culmen 0:80, tarsus 0°90. N’Dalla Tando, 3, 
5. 8. 08 (Ansorge). 
Adult female. Has the head dark slaty grey like the rest of the upper 
parts, with a narrow white stripe above and below the eye; the rump 
feathers are rather paler and of a more pearly shade but have no white 
bases ; below, including the cheeks and throat, bright tawny becoming pale 
grey on the lower flanks and thighs and almost white on the under tail- 
coverts ; under wing-coverts and lining of the quills also tawny. Iris dark 
brown with a blue eyeball, upper mandible greenish black, lower pinkish 
grey and at the base, shading into Cambridge blue at the tip, feet purplish 
pink. Wing 3-2, tail2°9. N’Dalla Tando, ?, 17. 11. 08 (Ansorge). 
Immature. Another bird marked @, also collected by Ansorge, which 
seems to be not quite adult, has a slight wash of olive-brown over the mantle 
and outside of the quills, and the tawny of the lower parts is more 
developed, and extends further back over the thighs. 
The Angola Puff-back Shrike appears to be confined to 
northern Angola. It was first obtained at Bembe about 
130 miles inland from Ambriz, where it was found by Monteiro 
to be common in thick woods. He further states that the 
stomach was very large and filled with Indian corn and seeds, 
and that it was known as “ Entuecula”’ by the natives. 
In addition to the type, a single example obtained by 
