288 Mr. T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 
Crateropus bicolor, Jard. Pied Babbling Thrush. 
On the Upper Limpopo, above Ylei Poort, I saw several 
flocks of this species in June and July 1885, and almost 
always found a single bird, or a pair, of Laniarius coccineus 
in their company, and hunting with them on the ground for 
their insect diet. 
378. Lamprocolius sycobius, Peters. Peters's Glossy 
Thrush. 
Male, river Limpopo, 3rd July, 1884. 
This beautiful Grakle is plentiful during our winter about 
some parts of the river Limpopo. 
Lamprotornis australis. Smith. Burchell's Glossy 
Thrush. 
Burchell's Glossy Thrush is the commonest of the Grakles 
on the river Limpopo, and next to it, in point of numbers, 
comes Lamprocolius phcenicopterus; both species are very 
shy and difficult to get within range of, but both may often 
be seen feeding on the ground in company, frequently also 
together with Francolins and other birds. 
Burchell's Glossy Thrush is very handsome when in good 
plumage, and' is furnished with ample wings and tail; its 
flight is much more heavy than that of most of the other 
Grakles. 
[On comparing four males of Lamprotornis australis with 
four females, all obtained by Mr. Ayres near the river 
Limpopo, I observe that the males are considerably the larger; 
taking the largest specimen of each sex, I find the following 
differences of size :— 
Wing. 
Tarsus. 
Tail. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
Male . 
.7*50 
1-85 
6-70 
Female ... 
.6-75 
1*70 
5 -75 
—J. H. G.] 
379. Pholidauges leucogaster (Gmel.). White-bellied 
Glossy Thrush. 
[This species, as well as the nearly allied P. verreauoci re¬ 
corded in f The Ibis,' 1884, p. 228, occurs in the Rustenburg 
