882 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
above the eye; ear-coverts green with a black line along the lower 
margin; cheeks and entire throat deep scarlet, the bases to the 
feathers yellow; across the chest from each side of the neck a 
broad band of black; centre of the body yellow, the upper breast 
washed with scarlet, the under tail-coverts being also of the latter 
colour; sides of the body, thighs and under wing-coverts green ; 
lower surface of the quills ashy, lighter along the inner webs ; bill 
black; “feet lead-colour; iris dark” (7. Ayres). Total length, 
7°7 inches ; culmen, 0°8 ; wing, 3°15; tail, 3°45; tarsus, 1°15. 
Female.—Like the male (T'. Ayres). 
Young.—Differs from the adult in wanting all the facial markings, 
the black lores, and chest band, and in haying the throat yellow 
instead of scarlet ; the line above the eye, and the fore-part of the 
cheeks are yellow, as well as the centre of the body, the under tail- 
coverts being slightly tinged with red; the tail is entirely green. 
364. Lantartus ontvaczus, Shaw. Olivaceous Bush Shrike. 
This is the Oliva” figured by Le Vaillant in his “‘ Oiseaux d’ Afrique” 
(pl. 75, fig. 1). The bird intended to be represented by fig. 2 on 
the same plate is thought by Professor Sundevall to be his Laniarius 
rubiginosus. It is a rare species apparently, and as far as we know 
is confined to Natal. Captain Shelley writes:—“I shot two 
specimens in the thick bush near Durban, but never heard their 
note; and as they were very cautious in their movements it was 
exceedingly hard to find them. Those that I met with were slowly 
climbing up amongst the tangled boughs.” 
Adult male—General colour above olive green, fading to yellow 
over the eye and forming an indistinct eyebrow ; wing-coverts olive- 
green like the back, the quills dusky brown on the inner webs, 
green on the outer webs, the inner secondaries almost entirely 
green, rather yellower on the edges; tail black, the middle feathers 
edged and tipped with greenish, the outer ones with yellow, 
increasing on the two outermost which are for the most part 
yellowish-green, more or less black towards the base of the inner 
web, which has a terminal spot of bright yellow; a loral spot of 
bright yellow; feathers round the eye as well as a line above the 
latter and ear-coverts, black ; cheeks and under surface of body deep 
orange yellow, brighter yellow on the abdomen and under tail- 
coverts, sides of the body olive-greenish; under wing-coverts and 
