LANIIDiE, 165 



a faint white bar along the latter ; under parts russet, 

 paler on the chin and throat. Length, 8f" ; wing, 4^" ; 

 tail, 4". 



Not uncommon about wooded places in the neiglibourliood of Cape 

 Town and Eondebosch. 



Le Vaillant says they nest in dense thickets, among thorns ; but does 

 not give a description of its eggs. I do not think they incubate here, 

 but migrate and breed elsewhere, as I never heard of any one finding 

 a nest. It occurs throughout the colony, and is usually found in pairs. 

 By imitating the call of the male, any others, either male or female, 

 may be attracted to the spot. 



326. Laniarius Quadrieolor, Cass. Proc. Ac. 



Phil. 1851, p. 245. 



6 Adult. — Entire superior surface of the head, body, and 

 wings, olive-green, which is also the colour of the basal third 

 of the external, and of three-fourths of the central tail- 

 feathers ; abdomen and ventral region yellow ; throat fine 

 scarlet ; stripe through the eye, and a wide pectoral band, 

 black; beneath the latter, a badly-defined band of yellowish- 

 scarlet, fading into the rich greenish- yellow of the abdomen ; 

 under tail-coverts yellowish-scarlet ; bill black. 



The young Male resembles the adult, with the tail entirely 

 green, and the throat, under parts, and inferior tail-coverts, 

 pale greenish-yellow ; a trace of black lines on the breast, 

 and of scarlet on the throat. Length, 7" 3"' ; wing, '6" 2"' ; 

 tail, 3" 3'". 



Inhabts the country about Port Natal. — Sed non vidi. 



327. Laniarius Barbarus. (l.) Maiaconotua 



Barbarus, Swain., Nat. Lib., Voh 11, p. 243 ; Lanius 

 Barbarus, Lin., PI. Enl., p. 56 ; Le Gonoleck, Le Vail., 

 PL 69. 

 Above, glossy black ; beneath, crimson ; crown fulvous yel- 

 low ; vent and flanks bufi". 



A "West African species. Does not extend to Namaqualand, though 

 said by Le Vaillant to do so, and therefore included here. 



328. PodobeUS FUSCUS, Lesson ; Comp. Aux. 



(Euvres de Buff, Vol. XX, p. 302. 



General colour, smoky-brown ; the wings fuliginous; under 

 parts smoky-grey ; lighter on the belly and flanks ; eyebrows 

 white ; the ohin, and a longitudinal stripe on the neck, 



