164 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



breast tinged with orange ; stripe over the eye, whitish. 

 Length, 7" 3"' ; wing, 3" 6'"; tail, 3" 10'". 



Dr. Smith procured one specimen near Kurichane, searching for 

 in.secfcs amongst the branches of an acacia-tree. 



323. Laniarus Rubiginosus, Sundev. ; Bp., 



Consp., p. 359 ; Lanius Oleaginus, Licht. ; L'Oliva, 

 Le Vail., PI. 75, Fig. 2. 



GENERAL colour above, dull green; head blueish-grey ; a 

 blackish J broad stripe extends from the eye over the ear- 

 coverts ; between the eye and the nostrils a white spot ; 

 under parts dirty whice, tinged with rufous on the breast ; 

 flanks green ; iris yellowish-red. Length, 7" 2'" ;' wing, 

 3" 5"' ; tail, 3" 6'". * 



Eecc'ved from the Messrs. Atmore, who inform me that it is very 

 FCii'co in the neighbourhood in which they discovered it, near George. 

 It app'? M-s to be common at the Knysna, several specimens appearing 

 in a small collection made there by Mr. G. Kex. 



324. Laniarius Icterus ; Vanga icterus, Cuv. ; 



Lardus Olivaceus, Vieil, Gal. Des. Ois., t. 139 ; L. 

 Foliocephalus, Licht. ; Malacononotus Olivaceus, Sw., 

 West. Af., Vol. 11, p. 137, PI. 22. 



He.4D and neck above, greyish-green ; back and wings green ; 

 tail-feathers black ; the outermost, with the outer webs and 

 tips, briijht-yellow ; the second pair the same, but less ; the 

 third pair merelj'- tipped ; a faint yellow line is also traceable 

 DC the eiges of all the rest ; cheeks black; eyebrow white; 

 cbic , throat, and breast, bright rufous ; belly, vent, and 

 flanks, greenish-grey; eyes yellowish red. Length, 7" 3'"; 

 wing, 3" 4'"-; tail, 3" 8'" ; tarsus, 1". 



Inhabits the George forests (W. Atmore). Le Vaillant found it 

 ab'jii.lantly in the neighbourhood of Algoa Bay, the Gamtoos, Sun- 

 diys, and Zwartkops Ilivers, inhabiting forests, and nesting in trees 

 and bushes. 



325. Laniarius Ferruginous, Cuv, Voi. i, p. 



265, and Shaw, Vol. 7, p. 310 ; Lanius Boubou, Lath. ; 

 Le Boubou, Le Vail, PI. 68 ; Malacbnotus Rufiven- 

 tris, Swain., Class. B., Vol. 2, p. 220 ; Zwarte Ganari- 

 byter, or Bonte Canaribyter, of Colonists. 



5 — Upper parts, glossy- black, with bar on the wing, white; 

 under parts, from chin to middle of belly, pure white ; the 

 rest rufous. 



Q —Upper parts, dull-brown ; tail and wings darker, with 



