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and Tete districts of the Portuguese country. In habits 
and call it exactly resembles L. rufiventer. The soft parts 
are also the same.] 
200. Pelicinius gutturalis. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl., May, June (6) ; Port Nolloth, 
Aug. (2); Table Mt. slopes, Feb. (2) ; Durban R h, 
Mch. (2) ; Plettenberg Bay, Feb., Mch. (5) ; Tv. Wak- 
kerstroom, Mch. (2). 
A very youug bird hardly out of the nest, marked Port 
Nolloth, Aug. 11th, is olive-green above and below, slaty 
grey, almost white, on the throat and centre of the breast. 
Young birds moult into adult plumage in February at 
Plettenberg Bay. 
I think that we may conclude from a study of the above 
series that the nestling gradually acquires the green colour of 
the under parts and moults in autumn (February or March) 
into the adult livery. 
[“ Bacbakiri^ of Colonists. 
The Bacbakiri Shrike was noted from Namaqualand, the 
Cape Peninsula, the Knysna district, and the South-Eastern 
Transvaal. It was common in the two former localities, 
but rare in the latter. It usually frequents the vicinity of 
farms, where it is found in the orchards and on the lands, 
and is fond of perching on walls or posts; it feeds prin¬ 
cipally upon beetles and other insects. Its general habits 
and call, so well described by Stark and Sclater, are too well 
known to need repetition. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel; bill black; legs and 
toes dark slate-coloured. 
In the young the irides are greyish ; the bill is horn-brown, 
the gape yellow; and the legs and toes are pale brown.] 
201. Chlorophoneus quadricolor. 
F. Coguno, June, Sept. (3). 
[I have only heard and taken this pretty Shrike in the 
Inhambane district, where it was not uncommon. It 
frequents the thickets, where its cheery call of three 
syllables readily betrays its presence. It is usually in pairs. 
