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more or less into black towards the pale orange-red ends; the shafts of the 
feathers on the dark portion are black above and mostly white beneath ; 
wings, with some pale yellow ends to the quills, largest on the inner 
secondaries; quills beneath blackish, with their inner margins and the ends 
of some of them sulphur-yellow ; under wing-coverts brighter and darker 
yellow; under parts mostly deep vermilion with the bases of the feathers 
orange, which colour predominates on the sides of the body, abdomen, 
thighs and under tail-coverts. ‘Iris pale blue or violet; bill black; feet 
lead-grey”” (Reichenow). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0°75, wing 4-2, 
tail 3-9, tarsus 1:05. Gold Coast (Swanzy). 
Adult female. Differs in having no black on the head; forehead, lores 
and eyelids ashy white (sometimes grey) ; ear-coverts grey like the crown; 
dark portions of webs of tail-feathers entirely green both above and below, 
and their pale ends rather smaller and very pale orange, not red; the red 
on the under parts of a more orange shade, and confined to the chin, throat, 
and centre of chest. Wing 3°9 inches. Gold Coast (Swanzy). 
The Many-coloured Bush-Shrike ranges from the Gambia 
to Togoland. 
The type of the species, figured by Gray, now in the 
British Museum, is labelled “West Africa,’ and the only 
authority for its occurrence in the Gambia is Dr. Hartlaub, 
who states that he has seen an example collected there by 
Bowden. In Sierra Leone Robin Kemp obtained a single 
individual at Bo, in July, 1903, while in Liberia it was pro- 
cured by Biittikofer in several localities, and on the St. Paul 
River by McDowell for Cassin. 
Governor Ussher states (Ibis, 1874, p. 64) that this species 
is tolerably common near Cape Coast in the Gold Coast 
Colony, but more frequent in the interior. Its habits much 
resemble those of L. barbarus. There are specimens from 
Accra (Haynes), Fantee (Higgins), and Denkara (Blissett), in 
the British Museum. 
The two specimens from which I have taken my des- 
criptions were presented to me by my friend Mr. Swanzy, 
and are very probably a pair shot together during the breeding 
season, as they are both in full adult plumage. Immature 
