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DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



three verditer blue eggs mottled with rusty red. It is also 

 an insect and worm feeder like the other members of the 

 family, and if it were not for the bird-killing propensities of 



Fig. 93. — Bakbakiri Shrike on its nest. 



some of the members, we would not have had the slightest 

 hesitation in including them under the chapter of " Friends 

 of the Agriculturist." 



The next species is the beautiful Four-coloured Bush 

 Shrike (L. guadricolor) which is green above, and has the 

 cheeks and throat scarlet, followed by a broad band of black : 

 the remainder of the under parts being yellow. Length. 7| 

 inches. It is essentially an Eastern species ranging from 

 Natal to British East Africa. 



