90 Messrs. A. Haagner and R. H. Ivy on the 



7G. Laniarius rubiginosus (Sundev.). Ruddy-breasted 

 Bush Shrike. 



Not uncommon in bush country. Its call-notes, though 

 simple, are most beautifully liquid. It is a very shy bird and 

 most difficult to see, although one hears its beautiful call all 

 through the summer months. 



The nest is very small and almost flat and so slight that one 

 can see the eggs through it. The eggs — nev^^ to science — are 

 of a blunt " ovate "" shape (the largest diameter being almost in 

 the middle of the longitudinal axis. The ground-colour is of 

 a light greyish hue, very slightly inclining to buff ; there is 

 a broad and well-marked zone on the larger end of the shell 

 formed by largish and smaller spots of dark and light lavender 

 and brown ; the general run of the spots are somewhat ovate, 

 but with irregular edges, the markings running almost parallel 

 to the shelFs longest axis, the pointed end of the egg being- 

 only sparingly spotted, whereas the broad end is covered with 

 spots forming a zone. The slightly glossed ground-colour is 

 conspicuous. It measures 23'5 x 17 mm. Fig. 10, Plate III. 

 (H. G.) 



This clutch was taken at Blue Krantz on the 10th January, 

 1895. In addition to the clutches in our respective collections, 

 the Transvaal Museum also possesses a clutch taken by us. 



77. Laniarius olivaceus (Shaw). Olive Bush Shrike. 

 This bird only appears here sparingly and occasionally — 



usually during December to March. During January 1907 

 no specimens were seen, but in 1906 several were observed 

 and collected. They are very local, frequenting Howieson's 

 Poort and the " Mountain Drive." 



78. Laniarius maraisi, W. L. Sclater. Knysna Bush 

 Shrike. 



A very shy bird, frequenting the hush-veld, but not the 

 kloofs. Boy Ivy shot a specimen during the nesting-season 

 of 1892, which was exhibited at a meeting of the Eastern 

 Province Naturalists' Society, but was taken to be the young 

 of L. rubiginosus. Since then we have obtained several more 

 specimens, on each occasion during the nesting-season. There 



