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65. pRIONOPS TALACOMA. 
This bird somewhat resembles in its habits L. atrococcineus, 
but, although frequenting the low bushes, does not confine 
itself to the underwood, but comes out in the open and hunts 
about for insects. Sometimes they are to be seen on a high 
bush; but this is seldom the case. I shot my specimen at 
Oliphants Nek, near Rustenberg, where I found them in flocks 
of five or six together. 
66. Lanius collaris. 
Have seen this bird on the Rhinoster river a few miles 
south of the Yaal; and I have also received it from Macamac, 
and shot it myself in the neighbourhood of Potchefstroom 
and Bloemfontein. The peculiar habits of this bird in killing 
its victims would astonish any one not acquainted with the 
habits of Shrikes. I have seen the bare side of a bush in our 
garden near Bloemfontein covered with locusts and some¬ 
times as many as twenty insects in a state of decomposition; 
occasionally, too, bones are observed hanging about. I have 
noticed this species frequently in British Kafiraria. 
67. Lanius collurio. 
Shot one in the Potchefstroom district; and I think I have 
seen it in the Colony itself. 
68. Oriolus galbula. 
I observed several of these birds in the bush near Rus- 
tenberg; and I think I saw them at Lydenberg Gold-fields. 
I also received a specimen from Marico. They are rather 
abundant, but at the same time so wary of approach that it 
was some time before I got a specimen. They frequent the 
tops of trees; and I have never observed them on the ground. 
69. Oriolus larvatus. 
I shot this species, after some trouble in approaching it, 
about four miles west of Rustenberg. 
70. Amydrus morio. 
This species is found distributed at certain seasons through¬ 
out the greater part of the Transvaal and Free State; the 
birds are generally to be found in the fruit-gardens. 
