SHRIKES 99 



marked with grey-brown streaks and splashes, principally 

 at the obtuse end." 



The Kuddy-breasted Bush Shrike (L. rubiginosus) is 

 olive-green above with reddish-buff under-parts, excepting 

 the abdominal region, which is whitish, faintly barred 

 with grey. It ranges through the bush regions of the 

 Cape, from George eastwards through Natal and Zulu- 

 land into the Transvaal, where Ayres procured it at 

 Lydenburg, and C. H. Taylor at Amsterdam. 



It constructs a shallow saucer-like nest of rootlets, &c., 

 which is so slightly built that one can usually see the 

 eggs through it. These are of a very pale creamy-green, 

 speckled and blotched, chiefly at the obtuse end, with 

 pale sienna and pale purplish-slate. 



It is a very shy bird and difficult to see, although its 

 beautiful call can be heard all through the summer 

 months. It nests during December and January. 



The Olive Bush-shrike and Marais Bush-Shrike are 

 little known and need not be treated of here. 



The pretty little Orange-breasted Bush-shrike (L. sul- 

 phur eipectus) can ,be .immediately distinguished by its 

 reddish-orange breast, and by the bright yellow of the 

 remainder of the under-parts. It ranges as far south as 

 Grahamstown on the east, and Lake Nyassa in the centre. 



Alexander, who took its eggs on the Zambesi, records 

 them as three in number and of a greenish-white spotted 

 and blotched at the larger end. 



The Southern Grey-headed Bush-shrike (L. starki) is 

 a large bird of a greenish colour on the upper surface, 

 blue-grey head and yellow under-parts ; the upper chest 

 has a band of tawny orange traversing it. This bird 



