318 APPENDIX. 



104. Lanius COLLARIS, L. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 374. Fiscaal-Shrike. 1 



a. (J Durban, April 1873. Iris hazel. 



b. $ Pietermaritzburg, May 2, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



c. 2 (?) Mossel Bay, Cape Colony, April 11, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 

 Stomach full of remains of beetles ; no gravel. 



105. ENNEOCTONUS COLLURIO (L.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 378. Lanius 



collurio, L. ; Sharpe, in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. 

 p. 313 (1881). Red-backed Shrike. 



a. $ Meriko River, November 18, 1873. Iris hazel. 



b. $ (slightly developed). Tati, March 21, 1874. Iris dark hazel ; 

 bill deep violet, pale at base ; legs black. 



c. $ (?) Tati, March 21, 1874. Iris dark hazel; bill dusky lilac ; 

 legs and claws black. 



d. $ (?) Sibanani, December 11, 1874. Iris hazel ; bill dark slate- 

 colour, violet at base ; legs blackish slate-colour. 



e,f. Not labelled. 



106. Urolestes melanoleucus (Jard. and Selby) ; Sharpe, ed. 



Layard, p. 380. South African Long-tailed Shrike. 

 a, b. $ Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel (?). Large ants in 

 stomach. 



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. 



f. $ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 1874. Iris 

 hazel ; bill, legs, and claws black. Ants in stomach. 



107. Laniarius sulphuripectus (Less.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 384. 



Yellow-fronted Bush-Shrike. 

 a. ^ Motlautsi River, October 15, 1873. ^ ris dark hazel. 



108. Laniarius gutturalis (P. L. S. Mull.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 385. 



Laniarius bacbakiri (Vieill.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, 

 ed. 1, App. p. 312 (1881). Bacbakiri Bush-Shrike. 

 a, b. $ 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. 



109. Laniarius atrococcineus (Burch.); Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 389. 



Crimson-breasted Bush- Shrike. 



1 [The trivial name of this bird being derived from the official title of the Dutch colonial 

 magistrate of former times, it seems right that the original Dutch spelling should be pre- 

 served. The form in general use (Fiskal) is unmeaning. — Ed.] 



