BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
370. Lanzarius arricroczus, Trimen. 
: Golden-breasted Bush Shrike. 
Only a single specimen of this beautiful bird is known at present, _ 
which was obtained by Dr. Bradshaw far in the interior of South 
Africa on the Upper Limpopo or Crocodile River, about sixty miles 
in a south-easterly direction from Shoshong, on the edge of the — 
southern tropic. It exactly resembles the Crimson-breasted Bush 
‘ Shrike, but is distinguished by the entire under surface being 
; beautiful golden yellow. It was found by Dr. Bradshaw in the 
same districts as L. atricoccineus, and was at first taken for a variety 
of that species. Having ourselves examined the bird, through the 
kindness of Mr. Trimen, we fully believe it to be a good species. 
The following description has been given by Mr. Trimen in the 
“‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ”’ for 1880. 
« Entire upper surface (including that of wings and tail), together 
with sides of head and neck, glossy black shot with a steel-blue 
lustre; under surface throughout, from base of bill to under tail- 
coverts, rich yellow, with a surface-tint of warm orange; rump 
irregularly varied with numerous whitish-tipped feathers ; middle 
upper wing-coverts and external borders of outer webs of three last 
2 secondaries pure white, forming a continuous longitudinal wing- 
a stripe ; all quill-feathers dull fascous beneath, paler towards their 
bases ; under wing-coyerts dull blackish, irregularly flecked with 
whitish ; tail beneath not so black as above and without steel-blue 
lustre. 
** Bill and legs black; iris lavender ” (B. F. Bradshaw). 
Total length, 8°3; length of culmen, 8; of folded wing, 3°6; 
of tail, 3°9 ; of tarsus, 1:3. 
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Fig. Trimen, P. Z. 8. 1880, pl. lix, 
371. Lantarius cutaris, Finsch and Hartl. Zambesi Green Shrike. 
’ This species was discovered during the Livingstone Expedition 
: at Teté in the Zambesi country. It differs from all the other Green 
| Bush Shrikes of Africa in the want of the gaudy colours, being 
rather a plain-plumaged bird. The following description is from 
the typical specimen in the British Museum, 
Adult.—General colour above dull olive-greenish, the fore part 
of the head ashy brown; lores whitish; sides of face, cheeks and 
