_b._ ♂ (slightly developed). Tati, March 21, 1874. Iris dark hazel; bill deep violet, pale at base; legs black. _c._ ♀ (?) Tati, March 21, 1874. Iris dark hazel; bill dusky lilac; legs and claws black. _d._ ♂ (?) Sibanani, December 11, 1874. Iris hazel; bill dark slate-colour, violet at base; legs blackish slate-colour. _e, f._ Not labelled. 113. UROLESTES MELANOLEUCUS (Jard.): Gurney in Anderss. _B. Dam. Ld._, p. 130. Black-and-white Long-tailed Shrike. _a, b._ ♂ Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel (?). Large ants in stomach. _c._ ♀ [brown variety]. Near Hex River, July 1873. Iris ochreous hazel. Shot by Bell, who says the note is different from that of the black one, which is plentiful. This is the only brown one seen. He says it whistles. Large gnats and other insects in stomach. _d._ ♂ Tati, October 13, 1873. Iris dark brown. _e._ Tati, March 25, 1874. Iris dark hazel. Stomach slightly muscular, full of remains of large insects. _f._ ♂ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 1874. Iris hazel; bill, legs, and claws black. Ants in stomach. Family PRIONOPIDÆ. 114. EUROCEPHALUS ANGUITIMENS, Smith: Sharpe, _Cat. B._, iii. p. 279. Smith’s Wood-Shrike. _a._ ♂, b. ♀ Tati, March 23, 1874. Iris dark hazel; bill and legs black. Stomach muscular, containing a number of large hard seeds and one or two beetles. 115. PRIONOPS TALACOMA, Smith: Sharpe, _Cat. B._, iii. p. 321. South African Helmet-Shrike. _a._ ♂ Near Metli River, August 10, 1873. Iris gamboge; skin round eye dentated, orange-yellow; legs pale vermilion. _b._ ♀ Holfontein, November 25, 1873. Iris chrome yellow. _c._ ♂ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, June 21, 1874. Iris chrome yellow; skin round eye bright orange; legs and feet orange-red; claws dusky black. Stomach pretty fleshy, and containing remains of grasshoppers and beetles. _d, e._ ♂ (?) First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, June 21, 1874. Iris chrome yellow; skin round eye light bright orange; legs and feet orange-red; claws dusky black. 116. BRADYORNIS OATESII, sp. n. Oates’s Wood-Shrike. (Plate B.) _a._ ♂ (adult.) First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 1874. Iris dark hazel. Stomach full of ants. _b._ (juv.) Geruah, January 25, 1875. Iris hazel; bill and legs black. _c._ (adult.) Not labelled. [Similis _B. pallido_ sed cineraceus; gulâ conspicue albâ: pectore et corporis lateribus pallide cinerascentibus: subcaudalibus albis.