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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. 



d. Mahalapsi River, August 8, 1873. Iris violet and crimson. 



e. $ Tati, September 2, 1873. Iris neutral tint. 



f. $ Tati, October 2, 1874. Iris slate-colour ; bill and legs black. 

 Insects (principally beetles) in stomach. 



g. $ Tati, October 21, 1874. Iris slate - colour ; bill and legs 

 black. 



1 10. Laniarius CUBLA (Shaw); Sharpe, /. c. p. 392. Dryoscopus 

 cubla ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 312 

 (1881). Lesser Puff-backed Bush-Shrike. 



a. <J Tati, August 28, 1873. Iris crimson. 



b, c. Not labelled. 



in. Laniarius ferrugineus (Cuv.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 393. 

 Dryoscopus boulbotd (Lath.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, 

 ed. 1, App. p. 312 (1881). Larger Puff-backed Bush-Shrike. 

 a. Crocodile River, July 1873. ^ ris hazel. 



112. Laniarius Senegalus (L.); Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 394. Com- 



mon Red- winged Bush- Shrike. 



a. Second Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, September 3, 1874. 

 Iris hazel ; bill black, base of upper and a good deal of base of 

 under mandible bright slate - colour ; legs pale slate - colour ; claws 

 rather darker. 



b. 5 Pandamatenga River, January 18, 1875. ^ ris dark hazel ; bill 

 black ; legs pale slaty blue ; claws dusky. 



113. Laniarius trivirgatus (Smith); Sharpe, t. c. p. 396. Smith's 



Red-winged Bush-Shrike. 



a. Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel. 



b. 5 Near Metli River, August 10, 1873. Iris dusky hazel. 



c. Not labelled. 



Family Prionopid^e. 



114. Eurocephalus anguitimens, Smith; Sharpe, /. c. p. 400. 



Smith's Wood-Shrike. 

 a. $ , b. 9 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. Bradyornis Oatesii, Sharpe; id. in Oates's Matabele Land, 



ed. 1, App. p. 314, pi. B (1881); id. ed. Layard, p. 402. Oates's 

 Wood-Shrike. (Plate II.) 

 a. ct [adult]. First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 

 1874. Iris dark hazel. Stomach full of ants. 



