268 Mr. J. H. Gurney on additional Species of Birds 



ble of the bill is blacky the under mandible ash-eolour j tarsi 



and feet dusky. 



The sexes are similar in plumage. In habits they much 



resemble Parus niger. I have at present only seen one family 



of them^ seven or eight in number, two of which I shot ; they 



were actively hunting about some low bushes, evidently in search 



of insects. 



[Dr. Hartlaub informs me that this is a species hitherto un- 



described. He has named it as above, and has favoured me 



with the following diagnosis of it : — 



" Totus cinereo-cserulescens, subtus multo pallidior, gula con- 

 spicue albida; cauda nigricante ; remigibus nigricantibus 

 dorsi colore graciliter marginatis, intus margine albican- 

 tibus ; subocularibus albis ; pedibus et rostro nigris ; man- 

 dibula dimidio basali pallida 

 "Long. 5"; rostr. a fr. 4'"; al. 2" 9'"; caud. 2" 5"'j tars. 

 8'".^^— J. H. G.] 



264. Mel^nornis ater, Sundev. Black Flycatcher. 

 Female. Iris very dark brown ; bill, tarsi, and feet black. 

 This bird evidently (by the appearance of the skin on the 



breast) had a nest somewhere in the neighbourhood, though I 

 was unable to discover it, being far from home, and with the 

 evening approaching. In appearance, when perched on the tree, 

 it much resembles the Black Caterpillar-catcher [Campephaga 

 nigra). 



265. Enneoctonus collurio (Linn.). Red-backed Shrike. 

 This bird in habits and movements much i-esembles Lanius 



collaris ; it is solitary and generally perched on some low bush ; 

 it frequently flies to the ground to pick up an insect, but I do 

 not think it impales its prey ; it is tolerably abundant the whole 

 year round. 



The irides are dark hazel ; the bill ash-colour, light at the 

 base, and nearly black at the tip ; tarsi and feet dusky. 



[The example sent (a male) appears identical with British 

 specimens. — J. H. G.] 



266. Oriolus galbula, Linn. Golden Oriole. 



This was shot and skinned by Mr. Norris, a friend of mine. 

 I have never yet met with one ; it is extremely scarce here. 



