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Thomson had similar specimens, which were females and well-de- 
veloped males. A similar one shot by me was a male, and well de- 
veloped. 
b. Tati, October 5, 1874. Iris hazel. 
100. HiRUNDO CUCULLATA, Bodd. : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 46. 
Large Striped-breasted Swallow. 
a. $ Tati, October 4, 1874. Iris hazel, 
loi. HiRUNDO RUSTICA, L. : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 45. Com- 
mon Swallow. 
a, b, c. $ Tati, October 17, 1874. Cold, wet day, after very hot 
weather. These birds came into the houses and were easily caught. 
The other species seem to have gone away ; these have been here 
about a week. 
102. HiRUNDO SEMIRUFA, Sund. : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 45. Red- 
breasted Swallow. 
a. Inchlangin, about the beginning of December 1873. Ii'Js dark 
hazel. Many small beetles in stomach. Another I shot was either 
a young one or in moult. 
b. 5 Tati, October 4, 1874. Iris hazel. 
Family Laniid^e. 
103. Dryoscopus BOULBOUL (Lath.) : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 48. 
South African Puff-backed Bush-Shrike. 
a. Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel. 
104. Dryoscopus cubla (Lath.) : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 48. Pied 
Puff-backed Bush-Shrike. 
a. $ Tati, August 28, 1873. I"s crimson. 
b. c Not labelled. 
105. Laniarius bakbakiri (Vieill ) : Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 161. 
Bakbakiri Bush-Shrike. 
a, b. (J Mossel Bay, Cape Colony, April 11, 1873. Iris dark grey. 
Remains of beetles and seeds in stomach. 
c. $ Ladysmith, May 25, 1873. Iris dark grey. 
106. Laniarius sulphureipectus (Less.) : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 
p. 49. Yellow-breasted Bush-Shrike. 
a. $ Motloutsi River, October 15, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 
107. Laniarius atrococcineus (Burch.) : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 
49. Crimson-breasted Bush-Shrike. 
a. $ (.^) Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris, outside violet, inside 
crimson. 
b,c. $ Near Eland's River, July 1873. Iris, outside violet, inside 
crimson. Insects, beetles, and grasshoppers in stomach. 
