SILHORGT AK y'E: 49! 
22. 
Le Cubla, Levaill. O// ii. p. 89. pl. 72. f. b. 2. HOTTNIQUA 
Shr. 
THis is full fix inches in leneth: the general colour of the plu-  Dsscairrion. 
mage black, except the under parts from the chin to the vent, 
the rump, and an oblique bar on the wing coverts, all of which are 
white: the tail is a trifle rounded in thape, black, and all the feathers 
tipped with white: the bill and legs are dufky: irides yellow: the 
female is fmaller than the ma/e, though much the fame in colour, but 
on the whole 1s inclined.to brownifh or dufky. 
Thefe birds are found in fimall flocks in the forefts of Hotiniqua PLAceE. 
Land, and from thence along the eaftern coaft of Africa, where they feed 
on infects, and the pupz of them, which they fearch for in the cre- 
vices of the barks of trees. They feparate into pairs during the time 
of incubation, build in thorny bufhes, making the neft of mofs and 
fmall roots, and lay five or fix eggs. The note expreffes the two 
fyllables hd, ché; forthe moft part is a very fhy fpecies. 
