174 HOODED SHRIKE. 
shade, which may be discovered on the mantle of the 
male and in the red of its quill feathers. 
The nest of these Shrikes is found in the bushes; 
they lay five eggs, spotted with brown. 
When young the Tchagra has all the upper part ee 
the body of a much lighter ashy brown than is repre- 
sented in the figure given by Le Vaillant, of the male 
and female, and the white is of a reddish tint. It is 
only at a certain age that the upper part of the head 
of the male becomes black. 
This species was found by Le Vaillant in the environs 
of the Gamtoos River, and from thence as far as Caf- 
fraria, but he did not meet with it in his travels among 
the Macaaquois. 
The above interesting description is taken from Le 
Vaillant. I was therefore much surprised in turning 
over Temminck and Degland to find them add a note, 
““Meurs habitudes, nourriture, et propagation, niconnus.” 
Figured by Buffon under the name of Pie-Grieche 
rousse 4 téte Noire du Senegal, pl. enl. 479, f. 1, and 
by Le Vaillant, Op. Cit., pl. ‘70. 
