242 PUFF-BACKED BUSH-SHRIKE. 



and with dusky stripes on the head; the wing- 

 covers and quills have pale testaceous or whitish 

 margins ; the under plumage from the chin to the 

 hreast is fulvous or huff, which gradually becomes 

 almost white on the body, belly, and vent ; tail and 

 wings deep brown ; the back feathers are not near 

 so long as those of the male. 



Le Yaillant discovered this species in Southern 

 Africa, where it appears common, but it is not re- 

 corded as inhabiting Senegal. It seems a social 

 species, living in small companies, much in the man- 

 ner of our long-tailed tit, and if one discovers food, 

 it summons the rest to partake of it also. On the 

 approach of a man or an animal, this bird elevates 

 its feathers, repeating incessantly its cry of chd chd. 

 Its food is the larva and pupae of insects, and it 

 builds in thorny thickets. 



Total length, 7i ; bill, from the gape, 1 ; wings, 

 3 T 7 t5 ; tail, from the base. 3^ ; tarsus, j 5 5 . 



