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LANIARIUS RUBIGINOSUS. 383 
inner lining of quills yellow. ‘otal length, 7 inches ; culmen, 0°65, 
wing, 32; tail, 3-2; tarsus, 1:0. 
Adult female.—Similar to the male, but duller in colour and 
haying the region of the eye dusky green instead of black; the 
tail feathers also are greenish and not black, and the orange of the 
breast is not so bright. Wing, 3:1 inches; tail, 3:0, tarsus; 0°95. 
Fig. le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 75, fig. 1. 
365. Lanrarius rupicinosus, Sund. Ruddy-breasted Bush Shrike. 
Although nearly allied to L. olivaceus this species may be told 
by its having the crown and hinder neck grey, instead of green like 
the back as in the latter species. From the number of specimens 
which we have received from Mr. George Rex, this Bush Shrike 
would appear to be common at the Knysna, where it was also 
procured by Andersson and Victorin. Mr. Atmore has found it in 
the George Forests, whence it seems to extend at least as far as Hast 
London ; here, however, it appears to be rarer, for Mr. Rickard only 
succeeded in obtaining a single specimen. Mr. T. C. Atmore 
obtained it near Grahamstown, and Lieut. Trevelyan shot specimens 
near Kingwilliamstown in June, and near Panmure in July. Mr. 
Gurney states that he has seen a specimen from Natal, where, 
however, it must be very rare, being replaced by the foregoing 
species. Mr. F. A. Barratt collected a specimen~at Macamac in 
December, and Mr. Thomas Ayres gives the following note, in his 
paper on birds from the Lydenburg district :—“ No doubt these 
Bush Shrikes are amongst the mountains all the year round; but 
they are particularly shy and difficult to see, especially during the 
breeding-season, when they make the woods joyous with their 
varied songs and calls. Many of their notes are very liquid, and 
remind me much of those of the Nightingale. Often have I been 
very close to one of these songsters, and, though his song was 
pretty constant and he was frequently moving from bush to bush, 
I could do no more than catch a glimpse of him now and then, so 
skilfully did he conceal himself. During the winter they are 
silent.” 
Adult male.—General colour olive-green, the scapulars and wing- 
coverts uniform with the back; quills dusky blackish on the inner 
web, olive-green on the outer, the inner secondaries almost entirely 
of the latter colour, all the quills light -yellow at their tips; tail- 
