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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
from Damaraland, Matabeleland, Mashonaland, and the 
Transvaal, taken between November and January, which 
dispose of this theory. Therefore only local migrations take 
place, probably dependent on food or rain. 
It was seen in the Woodbush, North-Eastern Transvaal, in 
May and June; but on my return from the Klein Letaba 
in October none were seen, although I was in the Woodbush 
from that month until February. And, again, although the 
summer months between October and March were spent in 
the Beira district, this species did not appear till the 10th of 
February, and the natives informed me it was usually absent 
during the Christmas months. 
This Shrike is usually seen in parties of from six to twenty 
individuals in open forest country or native clearings, 
searching for insects of various kinds, which it catches both 
on the ground and among the foliage and branches; unless 
alarmed it does not usually frequent the tops of the trees. It 
is somewhat fearless and easily secured, and if by chance the 
wing of one is only broken and it is left or caught and made 
to call, the whole flock will return again and again, and many 
specimens can be shot. Its usual call is of several notes, 
somewhat liquid in tone, but not easily described, uttered 
continually both when sitting and flying. When handled 
it makes a sharp snapping with the beak. 
The soft parts are :— 
?, Zululand. Irides pale Naples yellow; eyelid lemon- 
coloured ; bill black; legs and toes yellowish brown. 
? , N.E. Transvaal. Irides pale lemon-coloured; eyelid 
lemon-chrome; bill black; legs and toes dull tomato-red.] 
212. Crateropus jardinii. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept (6); W 7 oodbush, May 
(1) ; Legogot, Apl., May (3). 
213. Crateropus jardinii kirki. 
P. Coguno, June (2); Masambeti, Nov. (1); Tambarara, 
June (1) ; Tete, Aug. (2). 
Kirk’s Babbler replaces Jardine’s in the low veld and along 
the Zambesi. It is smaller, the wing of three males averaging 
