432 CHLOROPHONEUS RUBIGINOSUS 
The Ruddy-breasted Bush-Shrike is found in the eastern 
and southern portions of South Africa, from the neighbour- 
hcod of George in Cape Colony eastwards along the coast and 
bush districts to the Zoutspansberg district of the Transvaal. 
It was first discovered by Levaillant, who met with it about 
the lower courses of the Gamtoos, Swartkops and Sunday 
rivers, in the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth, and who 
called it the “Oliva.” Sundevall’s description was founded 
on a bird obtained by Wahlberg, near Durban. It is not 
uncommon in the Knysna Forest, where it was obtained by 
Victorin and Andersson, while L. maraisi, founded on a bird 
in immature plumage, was collected by Marais in the same 
district. 
Ayres obtained a good series of this Bush-Shrike both 
near Durban and in the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal. 
He writes: “No doubt these Bush-Shrikes are amongst the 
mountains all the year round, but they are particularly shy 
and difficult to see, especially during the breeding season, 
when they make the woods joyous with their varied songs 
and calls. Many of their notes are very liquid, and remind 
me much of those of the nightingale. During the winter 
they are silent.” 
Claude Taylor, who found this species in the Ermelo 
district of the Transvaal, and Claude Grant, who procured 
specimens in Zululand and at Woodbush in the Zoutspansberg 
district of the Transvaal, both comment on the difficulty 
of observing this species owing to its retiring habits. 
Haagner and Ivy describe the nest and eggs of this 
bird taken by the latter at Blaauw Krantz, in the Albany 
division of Cape Colony, January 10, 1895. The nest was 
small and almost flat, and so slight that the eggs could be 
seen through it. The eggs are ovate, light greyish in hue, 
with irregular blotches and spots of lavender and brown, 
