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c. $ [brown variety]. Near Hex River, July 1873. Iris ochreous 
hazel- Shot by Bell, who says the note is different from that of the 
black one, which is plentiful. This is the only brown one seen. He 
says it whistles. Large gnats and other insects in stomach. 
d. $ Tati, October 13, 1873. Iris dark brown. 
e. Tati, March 25, 1874. Iris dark hazel. Stomach slightly mus- 
cular, full of remains of large insects. 
/. $ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 1874. Iris 
hazel ; bill, legs, and claws black. Ants in stomach. 
Family Prionopid^. 
114. EUROCEPHALUS ANGUITlMENS, Smith : Sharpe, Cat. B., iii. p. 
279. Smith's Wood-Shrike. 
a. $ , b. $ Tati, March 23, 1874. Iris dark hazel ; bill and legs" 
black. Stomach muscular, containing a number of large hard seeds 
and one or two beetles. 
115. Prionops talacoma. Smith : Sharpe, Cat. B., iii. p. 321. South 
African Helmet-Shrike. 
a. (J Near Metli River, August 10, 1873. Iris gamboge ; skin 
round eye dentated, orange-yellow ; legs pale vermilion. 
b. ? Holfontein, November 25, 1873. Iris chrome yellow. 
c. c? First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, June 21, 1874. Iris 
chrome yellow ; skin round eye bright orange ; legs and feet orange- 
red ; claws dusky black. Stomach pretty fleshy, and containing re- 
mains of grasshoppers and beetles. 
d. e. $ (?) First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, June 21, 1874. 
Iris chrome yellow ; skin round eye light bright orange ; legs and 
feet orange-red ; claws dusky black. 
116. Bradyornis Oatesii, sp. n. Oates's Wood-Shrike. (Plate B.) 
a. $ (adult.) First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 
1874. Iris dark hazel. Stomach full of ants. 
b. (juv.) Geruah, January 25, 1875. Iris hazel; bill and legs 
black. 
r. (adult.) Not labelled. 
[Similis B. pallido sed cineraceus ; gula conspicue albi : pectore 
et corporis lateribus pallide cinerascentibus : subcaudalibus albis. 
Adult 7nale. — General colour above ashy; the head slightly 
browner, with indistinct brown shaft-streaks ; least and inedian wing- 
coverts like the back ; the median and greater coverts brown, edged 
with ashy brown, a little reddish on some of the outer greater coverts ; 
quills brown, externally ashy or fulvous brown, the primaries and 
some of the innermost secondaries edged with pale whity brown ; tail- 
feathers ashy brown, the feathers edged with paler brown ; lores and 
a small patch above and below the eye dull white ; in front of the eye 
a dusky spot ; ear-coverts brown, slightly washed with fawn-colour, 
