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the Birds of St. Lucia Lake, Zululand. 
The specimens that we send (male and female) are almost 
identical. The note is different from that of the other species 
of the genus. Plumage, upper parts dark grey ; a broad strip 
of black runs through the eye; chin and throat white; chest 
and thighs light orange-buff, and a patch of the same colour 
on the wing-coverts, a white line extending from the base 
of the bill over the eye. Iris orange, feet and bill black. 
Length : male 4£ inches, female 3f. 
Terpsiphqne perspicillata. (South African Paradise- 
Flycatcher.) 
Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 352. 
Not very common. The bright blue cere and base of bill 
of this bird fade after death. 
Laniarius gularis. (Zambesi Green Shrike.) 
Op. cit. p. 390. 
This rare bird, which we first met with on the Pongola, we 
obtained again here. It sings fairly well, its notes being 
loud and varied. 
Laniarius cubla. (Lesser Puff-backed Bush-Shrike.) 
Op. cit. p. 392. 
This bird is also plentiful, and we have found its nest. 
See our f Natal Birds,’ p. 34. 
Laniarius perruglneus. (Large Puff - backed Bush- 
Shrike.) 
Op. cit. p. 393. 
This bird is also plentiful on the lake : we have found the 
nest. See our ‘ Natal Birds/ p. 34. 
other members of this group it further differs in the back being grey 
of the same shade as the crown, and in the entire absence of rufous on 
the wings and sides of the body. 
“The second specimen is in immature plumage and differs in having a 
slight wash of rufous on the upper throat, a faint olive shade on the upper 
back, and some broad rufous-buff margins to the feathers of the wing. 
The bill is slightly larger and wider than in P. capensis and P. dimorphci , 
but agrees perfectly with that of P. mixta.”] 
