collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 395 



The Fiscal Shrike is common everywhere in Uganda 

 and British East Africa. Nearly every garden has its pair 

 of " Bull-heads." 



Nests and eggs are found in practically every month of 

 the year. 



The birds are very destructive to little birds, such as 

 Grassfinches. I have seen as many as six, out of a small 

 flock of about fifteen, captured and killed and stuck on the 

 sharp points of a sisal bush. Small rodents, such as mice, 

 are frequently taken. 



The nest is composed, for the most part, of twigs, rootlets, 

 and grass-fibre, but all sorts of rubbish are also added, such 

 as string, bits of felting, hair, and bits of cloth. The eggs, 

 generally three or four, are a dirty creamy-white with 

 brownish-red and grey-lilac spots. 



Localities. Kyetema, Jinja, Sesse Isles, Kalwanga, and 

 Toro, in Uganda; Nakuru and Nairobi, in British East 

 Africa. 



Lanius excubi'torius. 



S 1-3. 9. vi. 10 ; 3. v. 10 ; 24. v. 10. 



? 1-2. 9.vi. 12; 21.vii.l0. 



Irara. ? . 9.vi. 12. 



This Great Grey Shrike was met with in pairs in the 

 scrub and acacia country. They are fond of sitting on some 

 prominent twig or tree-top, where they can command a view 

 of the surrounding country. They were breeding from May 

 to July, and in December. The nest is composed of rootlets 

 and twigs interlaced^ and lined with grass and other fibre. 

 The eggs, two in number, are creamy-pink with red-brown 

 spots and greyish underlying markings, all towards the 

 larger end. 



Nestlings, taken in July, do not diff'er from adults in 

 colouring to any great extent, but have the feathers of the 

 crown, back, and rump barred with fine black markings. 

 The breast is faintly barred. 



Localities. Katwe, Namberize, and Kalwanga, in Uganda ; 

 Kisumu and Kano, in British East Africa. 



