TRICOPHORUS FLAVIVENTRIS. 

 DIMENSIONS. 



Inches. Lines. 



Length from the point of the bill to 



the tip of the tail 9 



of the bill from the angle of the 



month 11 



of the wings when folded 4 



ofthetail t 2 



Length of the tarsus 



of the outer toe 



of the middle toe 



of the inner toe 



of the hinder toe 



This bird is entirely confined to thickets, and I have never observed it leave them, nor 

 even resort to the ground they covered in quest of food. It moves with activity among the 

 branches of the brushwood or trees in which it resides, and while so occupied, appears to 

 be in search of insects. It is extremely shy, and if discovered in situations where the foliage 

 is scanty, it immediately retreats towards some spot with a denser covering ; in that it re- 

 mains perfectly inactive until the object which excited its fears retires from its neighbourhood. 



Specimens are readily to be obtained in the vicinity of Port Natal, and in the districts to the 

 East of it ; but I never myself saw any to the Westward of that place, nor have I ever heard 

 of any having been found there by others. It is the only species which has yet been dis- 

 covered in Southern Africa. 



