144 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



with green; on the inner vane of the second primary 

 begins a broad white band, extending obliquely across 

 the rest of the primaries ; some of the secondaries and 

 tertials are faintly tipped with light grey; the under 

 surface of the wings has the white bar showing through ; 

 the under wing-coverts are dusky greyish brown; the 

 vent is flossy white, tinted or faintly pencilled with grey. 

 In a young male most of the plumage was greyish brown, 

 but the tail and upper and lower tail-coverts were nearly 

 as in the adult. 



[As this species has not been figured^ and as the original 

 description is not readily accessible, I have transcribed in full 

 the descriptive particiilars contained in Mr. Andersson's notes. 



Mr. R. B. Sharpe possesses two specimens, which were 

 obtained by Mr. Andersson at Elephant's Vley, and are probablv 

 two of those above referred to. — Ed. J 



180. Laniarius atrococcineus (Burch.). Southern Crimson- 

 breasted Shrike. 



Lanius atrococcineus, Burdiell's Travels, vol. i. p. 387 (note). 

 Malaeonotus atrococcineus, Swainson'a Zool. HI. n. s. pi. 76. 

 Laniarim atroooccineus, Strickland & Sclater, Birds i)amar., Contr. 

 Orn. 1852, p. 145. 



„ „ Layard's Oat. No. 321. 



J) ), Chapman's Travels in S. AJr., App. p. 394. 



„ „ Sharpe'a Oat. No. 464. 



This brilliantly coloured Shrike is pretty generally dis- 

 persed over Damara and Great Namaqua Land, and also 

 over the Lake-regions. It is usually found either singly 

 or in pairs, and is a wary bird, frequenting both open 

 woods and dense thickets, but preferring the latter. In 

 such localities it searches industriously for insects and 



