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194. Telephonus australis congener. 
Telephonus minor Stark & Sclater, Bds. S. Afr. ii. p. 23. 
P. Coguno, Sept. (1). 
This is certainly the most southern record for this sub¬ 
species, hitherto only known to range to Tete, where it was 
obtained by Sir John Kirk. 
[The one specimen taken of this bird was shot in a dense 
thicket, and was solitary and silent. It appears to exactly 
resemble T. australis in general habits &c. 
The soft parts are :—Irides brown; bill black; legs and 
toes dark slate-coloured.] 
195. Dryoscopus cubla. 
CC. Knysna, Dec., Jan. (2) ; N. Illovo, Nov. (9) ; 
Z. Sibudeni, Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan. (7) ; Tv. Klein Letaba, 
July, Sept., Oct. (6) ; Woodbush, Jan. (1) ; Legogot, 
May (2); P. Coguno, July, Aug. (3); Masambeti, Oct., 
Nov. (3); Beira, Dec. (1); Tambarara, Mch. (2); Tete, 
Sept. (1). 
[“Equmusha” of Zulus. Capok-vogel^ of Colonists. 
This is one of the commonest of the Shrikes in all forested, 
wooded, or well-timbered country, and was noted from the 
Knysna, eastwards and northwards through Natal and Zulu- 
land, the Transvaal, and the Portuguese country to the 
Zambesi. It is by no means wild, and can always be seen 
pottering about the shrubs and bushes in pairs. 
In the breeding-season the male looks remarkably pretty 
when shewing off, the puff-back being extended like a 
powder-puff and the wings dropped; it will often also 
fly across from bush to bush, chasing the female, the 
wings being half dropped and rapidly quivering, and the 
feathers of the rump being extended to their fullest extent. 
All the while it utters its cheery notes, which cannot be 
easily rendered in English, but a quick pronunciation of the 
Zulu name gives an excellent idea of it. 
It feeds principally upon insects, and the nests, of which I 
have seen several, though I have not succeeded in securing 
the eggs, are always placed in the fork of some shrub or 
small tree. 
