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 of 

 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, 

 "Maeurs habitudes, nourriture, et propagation, niconnus." 



Figured by Buffon under the name of Pie-Grieche 

 rousse a tete Noire du Senegal, pi. enl. 479, f. 1, and 

 by Le Vaillant, Op. Cit., pi. 70. 



