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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
These birds are indistinguishable from West and East 
African examples. A young example has brown edgings to 
the black feathers at the top of the head. 
[ “ Nqupane ” of Zulus. 
The Black-headed Bush-Shrike was noted from Zululand, 
the Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Imham- 
bane, Beira, Gorongoza, and Tete districts of Portuguese East 
Africa. It was by no means plentiful in Zululand, but 
became more so to the northwards. It inhabits well- 
timbered country and frequents the thickets and patches 
of thorn and u Num-num ,5 ; it spends much of its time 
on the ground searching for insects, which are its principal 
food. The call is harsh and loud and a few hurried notes 
of a song are sometimes heard. The flight is quick and 
darting, usually only from bush to bush, the bird always 
disappearing straight into the middle of the cover. 
The soft parts are :—Irides raw sienna ; bill blue-black; 
legs and toes lightish slate-coloured. In the female and 
young birds the base of the lower mandible is pale horny.] 
192. Telephones tschagra. 
CC. Plettenberg Bay, Mch. (1). 
[Only one specimen of this Bush-Shrike was observed, and 
this was shot on the ground at the edge of a thick patch of 
prickly bush on Seal Point at the eastern end of Plettenberg 
Bay. It was silent and very tame. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill dark horn-coloured, 
somewhat lighter on lower mandible; legs and toes slate- 
coloured.] 
193. Telephonus australis. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. (1) ; Turfloop, Mch. (1). 
[This bird was found only in the North-Eastern Transvaal, 
where it was decidedly uncommon. It resembles T. senegalus 
in habits and in the localities it frequents, but is, I think, 
much more silent. 
The soft parts are :— 
$ . Irides brown ; bill black or horn-brown; legs and toes 
slate-coloured.] 
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