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S.A. O. Union, v. p. 30) in the neighbourhood of Beira, but 
it appears to be a rare species there. 
It was first described by Peters from Mozambique, and 
this is its most southern limit hitherto; it goes north to 
Lamu in British East Africa. 
[I have only once seen this species, when a dock of six 
individuals were observed in the tops of some trees in a strip 
of forest near the Masambeti Stream. In cry and habits it 
I’esembles S. tricolor , and it was only when I picked up the 
specimen shot that I discovered it was different. I did not 
again see the birds, although the locality was passed through 
on most days. 
The soft parts are :— 
Irides bright yellow, with a narrow outer ring of blood- 
orange; wattles round eye dark glossy slate-coloured, bare 
skin behind whitish ; bill dark tomato-red, slightly yellow at 
tip; legs and toes orange, nails horny. The blood-orange 
ring on the outer edge of the iris is not noticeable till the 
lid is turned back.] 
211. Prionops talacoma. 
Z. Ntambana Hills, Aug. (1) ; Tv. Woodbush, May, 
June (12) ; Klein Letaba, Aug. (3) ; Legogot, Apl. (2) ; 
F. Coguno, June, Aug., Sept. (6) ; Beira, Feb. (4) ; Tete, 
Aug., Sept. (5). 
\_“ Ipelufu 39 of Zulus. 
The Helmet-Shrike was first seen in Zululand, where a 
small party of eight individuals was observed in a grove of 
“ fever 33 trees at the southern end of the Ntambana Hills; 
it was not met with south or west of that locality. I have 
since noted it from the Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal 
and the Inhambane, Beira, and Tete districts of Portuguese 
East Africa. 
This species is undoubtedly migratory to a certain extent; 
and I at first thought that it was only a winter visitor to 
South Africa, as all the examples that I have taken or seen 
have been met with between April and September; but I 
find that there are five specimens in the British Museum 
