by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 285 



These birds are indistinguishable from West and East 

 African examples. A young example has brown edgings to 

 the black feathers at the top of the head. 



[ " Nqnpane " of Zulus. 



The Black-headed Bush-Shrike was noted from Zululand, 

 the Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Imham- 

 bane, Beira, Gorongoza, and Tete districts of Portuguese East 

 Africa. It was by no means plentiful in Zululand, but 

 became more so to the northwards. It inhabits well- 

 timbered country and frequents the thickets and patches 

 of thorn and "^ Num-num '^ ; it spends much of its time 

 on the ground searching for insects, which are its principal 

 food. The call is harsh and loud and a few hurried notes 

 of a song are sometimes heard. The flight is quick and 

 darting, usually only from bush to bush, the bird always 

 disappearing straight into the middle of the cover. 



The soft parts are: — Irides raw sienna ; bill blue-black; 

 legs and toes lightish slate-coloured. In the female and 

 young birds the base of the lower mandible is pale horny,] 



192. Telephonus tschagra. 

 CC. Plettenberg Bay, Mch. (1). 



[Only one specimen of this Bush-Shrike was observed, and 

 this was shot on the ground at the edge of a thick patch of 

 prickly bush on Seal Point at the eastern end of Plettenberg 

 Bay. It was silent and very tame. 



The soft parts are : — Irides hazel ; bill dark horn-coloured, 

 somewhat lighter on lower mandible ; legs and toes slate- 

 coloured.] 



193. Telephonus australis. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. (1) ; Turfloop, Mch. (I). 



[This bird was found only in the North-Eastern Transvaal, 

 where it was decidedly uncommon. It resembles T. senegalus 

 in habits and in the localities it frequents, but is, I think, 

 much more silent. 



The soft parts are : — 



? . Irides brown ; bill black or horn-brown; legs and toes 

 slate-coloured.] 



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