384 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
feathers black, edged with olive-green, the three outermost tipped 
with yellow, the latter more extended on the inner webs of the two 
outermost, which are black for the greater part of the inner web, 
olive-green on the outer; head and neck delicate slaty-grey, 
separated from the black ear-coverts by a line of white; feathers 
round the eye and ear-coverts black running down the sides 
of the neck; in front of the eye a white spot; lores fawn- 
rufous; cheeks and under surface of body clear fawn-rufous, the 
belly and under tail-coverts white; thighs white with yellowish 
bases; sides of body olive-greenish; under wing-coverts and 
axillaries bright yellow, as also the inner lining of the quills; “ bill 
black ; tarsi and feet bluish ash-colour; iris bright hazel” 
(T. Ayres). Total length, 7:2 inches; culmen, 0°7; wing, 3°4; 
tail, 3°45, tarsus ; 1:0. 
Adult female-—Very similar to the male, but not so brightly 
coloured, although in summer there is scarcely any difference, the 
flanks slightly rayed with dusky cross-bars ; “ bill black, the under 
mandible ashy at base; tarsi and feet as in male; iris reddish hazel” 
(Tf. Ayres). Wing, 3°25 inches; tail, 3°35; tarsus, 1:0. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 75, fig. 2. 
366. LANrIARIUS SULPHUREIPECTUS, Lesson. 
Yellow-fronted Bush Shrike. 
Laniarius similis, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 163. 
This is one of the rarer species of South Africa, and was 
discovered there first by Sir Andrew Smith, who procured a single 
specimen near Kurrichaine. It has also been met with near Grahams- 
town, and once occurred to Mr. Rickard near East London. 
Mr. H. F. Guillemard shot one in the Kowie bush, and it is also 
found in Natal, where Captain Shelley says it is apparently of rare 
occurrence about Durban. Mr. T. H. Buckley shot the species on 
the Limpopo, and two specimens collected by Dr. Kirk at Tete, in 
the Zambesi, are in the British Museum collection, while Mr. 
Andersson states that he obtained several specimens from Lake 
N’gami, but never observed it to the west of that locality. His 
last collection, however, contained a single specimen procured by 
him on the Cunene River in June, 1867. Senor Anchieta has also 
met with it at Humbe on the same river, and at Capangombe in 
Benguela. Here also the late Mr. Monteiro shot the species, and 
