288 Mr. W. Tj. Selater on Birds collected 



and Tete districts of the Portuguese country. In habits 

 and call it exactly resembles L. rufiventtr. The soft parts 

 are also the same.] 



200. Peltcinius gutturalis. 



CC. Klipfontein, Apl., May, June (6) ; Port Nolloth, 

 Aug. (2) ; Table Mt. slopes, Feb. ('i) ; Durban R 1., 

 Mch. (2) ; Plettenberg Bay, Feb., Mch. (5) ; Tv. Wak- 

 kerstroom, Mch. (2). 



A very young bird hardly out of the nest, marked Port 

 Nolloth, Aug. 11th, is olive-green above and below, slaty 

 grev, almost white, on the throat and centre of the breast. 

 Young birds moult into adult plumage in February at 

 Plettenberg Bay. 



I think that we may conclude from a study of the above 

 series that the nestling gradually acquires the green colour of 

 the under parts and moults in autumn (February or March) 

 into the adult livery. 



[" Bacbakiri^' of Colonists. 



The Bacbakiri Shrike was noted from Namaqualand, the 

 Cape Peninsula, the Knysna district, and the South-Eastern 

 Transvaal. It was common in the two former localities, 

 but rare in the latter. It usually frequents the vicinity of 

 farms, where it is found in the orchards and on the lands, 

 and is fond of perching on walls or posts; it feeds priu- 

 cipally upon beetles and other insects. Its general habits 

 and call, so well described by Stark and Sclater, are too well 

 kuown to need repetition. 



The soft parts are: — Irides hazel; bill black; legs and 

 toes dark slate-coloured. 



In the young the irides are greyish ; the bill is horn-brown, 

 the gape yellow; and the legs and toes are pale brown.] 



201. Chlorophoneus quadricolor. 



P. Coguno, June, Sept. (3). 



[I have only heard and taken this pretty Shrike in the 

 Inharabane district, where it was not uncommon. It 

 frequents the thickets, where its cheery call of three 

 syllables readily betrays its pi*esence. It is usually in pairs. 



