284 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
found, insects of all kinds, from a fly to large grasshoppers, 
and often young birds, and on one occasion a frog, having 
been seen impaled on any convenient thorn-tree or some¬ 
times on barb-wire fences. The call is harsh and loud, and 
the flight graceful, low, and undulating. It apparently 
breeds early, as eggs and fledged young birds were taken in 
September. I took the nest containing three eggs on the 
24th of September, 1903, near Cape Town; it was composed 
of twigs of a common herbaceous plant interspersed with rag 
and string, and lined with fine grass and fibre ; it was placed 
in the fork of an apple-tree some twelve feet from the 
ground in an orchard. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes 
black.] 
187. Lanius collurio. 
Tv. Woodbush, Dec. (1) ; Turfloop, Mch. (3) ; P. Beira, 
Dec., Jan. (4). 
[I have not seen the Red-backed Shrike elsewhere than 
in the two localities where specimens were secured. In 
the Beira district it was very plentiful. It is usually 
observed sitting on stumps or posts of fences; it is very 
silent and by no means wild.] 
189. Nilaus brubru. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Aug. (3). 
[This species was only observed in the “ bush-veld ” of 
the North-Eastern Transvaal, where it was not common, 
being only occasionally seen searching for insects among the 
branches and foliage of the Mopani trees. 
The soft parts are :—Irides rich brown ; bill, upper man¬ 
dible blackish slate-coloured, lower paler slate-coloured; legs 
and toes slate-coloured.] 
191. Telephonus senegalus. 
Z. Umfolosi Station, Aug. (2) ; Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1) ; 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Aug., Sept. (4); Woodbush, Jan., 
June (3); Turfloop, Mch. (1); Legogot, May (1); 
P. Coguno, June, Aug. (3); Beira, Dec., Feb. (2); Masam- 
beti, Oct. (1). 
