164 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



breast tinged with orange ; stripe over the eye, whitish. 

 Length, 7" 3'" ; wing, 3" 6"' ; tail, 3" 10'". 



Dr. Smith procured one specimen near Kurichane, searching for 

 insects amongst the branches of an acacia-tree. 



323. Laniarus Rubiginosus, Sundev. ; Bp., 



Consp., p. 359 ; .Lanius Oleaginus, Licht. ; L'Oliva, 

 Le Vail, PI. 75,' Fig. 2. 



GENERAL colour above, dull green; head blueish-grey ; a 

 blackish, broad stripe extends from the eye over the ear- 

 coverts ; between the eye and the nostrils a white spot ; 

 under parts dirty white, tinged with rufous on the breast ; 

 flanks green ; iris yellowish-red. Length, 7" 2'" : wing, 

 3" 5"' ; tail, 3" 6'". , " 



Received from the Messrs. Atmore, who inform me that it is very 

 scarce in the neighbourhood in which they discovered it, near George. 

 It appears to be common at the Knysna, several specimens appearing 

 in a small collection made there by Mr. G-. Bex. 



324. LaniariuS IcterUS ; Vanga Icterus, Guv. ; 



Lanius Olivaceus, Yieil, Gal. Des. Ois., t. 139 ; L. 

 Poliocephalus, Licht. ; Malacononotus Olivaceus, Sw., 

 West. A, Vol. 11, p. 137, PI. 22. 



HEAD and neck above, greyish- green ; back and wings green ; 

 tail-feathers black ; the outermost, with the outer webs and 

 tips, bright-yellow ; the second pair the same, but less ; the 

 third pair merely tipped ; a faint yellow line is also traceable 

 on the eiges of all the rest ; cheeks black ; eyebrow white ; 

 chin, throat, and breast, bright rufous ; belly, vent, and 

 flanks, greenish-grey; eyes yellowish red. Length, 7" 3'"; 

 wing, 3" 4'" ; tail, 3" 8"' ; tarsus, 1". 



Inhabits the George forests (W. Atmore). Le Vaillant found it 

 abundantly in the neighbourhood of Algoa Bay, the Garatoos, Sun- 

 days, and Zwartkops E-ivers, inhabiting forests, and nesting in trees 

 and'bushes. 



325. Laniarius Ferruginous, Cuv, Vol. i, p. 



265, and Shaw, .Vol. 7, p. 310 ; Lanius Boubou, Lath. ; 

 Le Boubou, Le Vail, PL 68 ; Malacbnotus Rufiven- 

 " tris, Swain., Class; B., Vol. 2, p. 220 ; Zwarte Canari- 

 byter; or Bonte Canaribyter, of Colonists. 



6 Upper parts, glossy-black, with bar on the wing, white; 

 under parts, from chin to middle of belly, pure white ; the 

 rest rufous. 



Upper parts, dull-brown ; tail and wings darker, with 



