TRICOPIIORUS FLAVIVENTRIS. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 9 0 
of the bill from the angle of the 
mouth 0 11 
of the wings when folded 4 0 
of the tail 4 2 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsus 0 10£ 
of the outer toe 0 4^ 
of the middle toe 0 7 
of the inner toe 0 4^ 
of the hinder toe 0 5 
This bird is entirely confined to thickets, and I have never observed it leave them, nor 
even resort to the ground they covered in quest of food. It moves with activity among the 
branches of the brushwood or trees in which it resides, and while so occupied, appears to 
be in search of insects. It is extremely shy, and if discovered in situations where the foliage 
is scanty, it immediately retreats towards some spot with a denser covering ; in that it re- 
mains perfectly inactive until the object which excited its fears retires from its neighbourhood. 
Specimens are readily to be obtained in the vicinity of Port Natal, and in the districts to the 
East of it; but I never myself saw any to the Westward of that place, nor have I ever heard 
of any having been found there by others. It is the only species which has yet been dis- 
covered in Southern Africa. 
