LANIARIUS GUTTURALIS. 385 
it appears to extend along the entire West Coast of Africa as far as 
Senegambia. 
Adult male.—F orehead, lores, and a broad superciliary streak bright 
golden yellow, shading off into greenish yellow upon the crown; 
hinder part of the crown, hind neck and upper back bluish grey ; 
rest of upper surface of body yellowish olive, the long feathers on 
the side of the rump brighter yellow with greyish bases ; upper 
tail-coverts and tail-feathers dull olive-green, the inner webs 
broadly edged with yellow and having a large spot of orange at the 
tips; quills blackish brown, externally edged with olive-yellowish, 
brighter on the edge of the primaries, the secondaries tipped with 
yellow, the innermost entirely greenish ; eyelid yellow above, black 
beneath, according to the colour of the adjacent parts; a streak of 
black commencing at the base of the bill, drawn under the eye and 
including the ear-coverts ; cheeks and under surface of body golden 
yellow, including the under wing and tail-coverts and the inner 
lining of the quills; the lower throat and fore-neck rich deep 
orange, or orange-scarlet ; “ bill black; feet lead colour; iris dusky 
amber” (Heuglin). Total length, 7 inches; culmen, 0°65; wing, 
3°45; tail, 3°55; tarsus, 0°95. 
Fig. Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr. Birds, pl. 46. 
367. Lantarrus curturanis, P. LD. S. Mill. 
Bacbakiri Bush Shrike. 
Telephonus bacbakiri, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 161. 
Common throughout the colony, feeds on insects, and breeds in 
' low bushes, making a nest of small twigs and bents of grass, 
/ coarsely lined with dry grass. Eggs, from three to five in number, 
| of a beautiful verditer colour, spotted with brown, chiefly at the 
obtuse end: axis, 12”; diam. 9’. It is usually found in small 
families, excepting during the breeding season. Its loud call of 
“bachakiri,” its imitative powers, and bright plumage, render it 
one of the most conspicuous birds of the colony. We have not 
unfrequently heard two birds uttering their peculiar note for twenty 
or thirty minutes together—one bird giving out the harsh “backback,” 
the other the shrill “‘kiri,” the two performers being at a consider- 
able distance from each other. 
Shelley writes :—‘‘ Very common in Cape colony, 
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