DESCRIPTION, DISTRIBUTION, HABITS 



Long-tailed Shrike (JJrolestes vielanolencus). (Vol. I., 

 p. 273-) 



Description, — Male : black, with the exception of the white 

 lower bacic and patches on the wings, as shown in the illustration. 

 Iris hazel. Bill and legs black. 



Total lengthy 18.00; tail, 13.25 ; wing, 5.25. 



Distribution. — From Orange and Tugela Rivers, north to 

 Rhodesia, but not as far as the Zambesi. 



Habits. — The long-tailed shrikes, when not nesting, asso- 

 ciate in small parties, and are quite common in the bush-veld 

 in some districts. The nest is a large, loose structure placed 

 at the top of a tree or on a horizontal bough. The nest is 

 open and made of thorny twigs or stalks of creeping plants, 

 and lined with dry grass and rootlets. Clutch, 3 to 4. Eggs 

 glossy cream or salmon-pink, spotted all over, mostly in a zone 

 at the larger end, with zigzag markings of rufous-brown, grey, 

 and sienna. 



Lengthy i.oo to i.io by 0.78 to 0.80. 



Bakbakiri Shrike {Lanarius gutturalis). (Vol. I., 



P- 273-) 



Description. — Male : olive-green above. Two centre tail 

 feathers olive-green, the rest black tipped with yellow. Head 

 grey. Lores and eyebrow yellow. Cheeks and throat bright 

 yellow. Below this is a broad band of black which narrows and 

 borders the yellow, and ends at the base of the bill. Abdomen 

 yellow, tinged with grey. Iris hazel. Bill black. Legs 

 leaden. 



Total lengthy 8.5 ; tail, 3.85 ; wing, 4.00. 

 Distribution. — From Cape Province, north to Benguela and 

 Mossamedes. 



Habits. — These birds associate in pairs, and may be seen 

 almost anywhere in the neighbourhood of towns, villages, and 



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