NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



Orange-breasted Bush Shrike {Lanarlus sidpkurei- 

 pectiis). (Vol. II., p. 3.) 



Description. — Male : bluish-grey on the neck, toning down 

 into olive-yellow on the lower back and rump. Sides of the 

 rump brighter. Forehead and a broad superciliary streak bright 

 yellow. Crown greenish-yellow. Upper tail coverts and tail 

 olive-green. Tail feathers, with the exception of the two 

 central ones, tipped with yellow. A black streak from the base 

 of the bill to the back of the eye. Under parts bright yellow. 

 Chest orange-red. Iris brown. Bill and legs black. 



Total lengthy 7.00 ; tail, 3.50 ; wing, 3.50. 

 The orange-red oh the breast of the female is not so pro- 

 nounced as that in the male, otherwise it is similar in colour. 



Distribution. — Eastern part of Cape Province through the 

 wooded parts of Africa to Senegambia and Abyssinia. 



Habits. — This handsome bird inhabits the forests and dense 

 thickets in pairs. I have often seen it in the bush-veld. The 

 nest is the usual open kind which all shrikes build. It is made 

 of bents lined with liner ones, and placed in a tree. Clutch, 3 ; 

 eggs white with a greenish tinge ; a zone of spots and blotches 

 at the larger end j size, .85 by .62. 



Black-collared Barbet {Lybius torquatus . (Vol. II., 



p- J.) 



Description. — Forehead, sides ^i head, chin, and throat 

 scarlet. Back portion of head, neck, upper portion of the 

 beak, and a collar round the neck and upper breast black. Back 

 and wing coverts brown with delicate yellow worm-like lines. 

 Rump and upper tail coverts yellowish. Wing quills brown with 

 sulphur-yellow on the outer webs of the feathers. Feathers of 

 tail brown with yellowish edging. Lower surface sulphur- 

 yellow, mottled and lined with ashv-black. Iris red-brown. 

 Bill black. Legs dark brown. 



Total length., 7.5 ; tail, 2.3 ; wing, 3.6. 

 The sexes are alike. 



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