LANTARIUS FERRUGINEUS. 393 
The female may always be told by its greyish white loral spot, and 
by its duller colours ; the under parts being greyer as well as the 
loose feathers of the rump. \ The bill is black with the lower 
mandible bluish slate colour, black at the tip. 
Fig. le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 72. 
374 Lantarivs rurruainnvs, Cuv. Large Puff-backed Bush Shrike. 
This species is the ‘“‘Boubou” of Le Vaillant, and the “ Bonte 
Canaribyter” and “Zwarte Canaribyter” of the colonists. It 
appears to be distributed over the whole of Cape Colony, and is 
not uncommon about wooded places in the neighbourhood of Cape 
Town and Rondebosch. Mr. Rickard found it at Port Hlizabeth 
and at Hast London, and we have received it from Grahamstown. 
Mr. Ayres found it breeding in Natal, making a coarse open nest in 
a low bush. Mr. F. A. Barratt gives the following note :—“ Shot 
near Lydenburg. I also received it from Macamac Goldfields, near 
the Drakensberg Mountains. It has a peculiar habit of puffing 
itself out, which is thought by some to be a habit it assumes in 
order to terrify other birds. It is certainly very puguacious, and 
will not allow others to molest it.” It was procured by Mr. Frank 
Oates on the Crocodile River. ‘In Natal,’ writes Mr. Ayres, 
“these birds are almost invariably seen in pairs; they frequent 
the dense bush, and are, I believe, equally distributed throughout 
the colony. Their notes are loud and ¢urious: the male calls first, 
and is so immediately answered by the female that anyone not 
acquainted with the fact would suppose all the notes to be uttered 
by the same bird.” 
Male.—Upper parts glossy black, with bar on the wing white ; 
under parts, from chin to middle of belly, pure white; the rest 
rufous. 
Female.—Upper parts dull brown; tail and wings darker, with 
a faint white bar along the latter; under parts russet, paler on the 
chin and throat. Length, 82”; wing, 43”; tail, 4”. 
According to Mr. Guillemard the female is considerable larger 
than the male, and Mr. Gurney mentions that a bird of this sex 
procured by Mr. Ayres was nearly as black as the male and even 
richer coloured underneath, the white bar on the wing being equally 
distinct. 
Fig. le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 68. 
