AFES. 343 



The male has the throat and centre of breast pure rose- 

 coloured ; in the female the upper part of the breast and 

 sides of the throat are black, as excellently shown in 

 Hemprich and Ehrenberg's figure, but they reverse the 

 sexes in the description. This bird has very similar 

 habits to the next species, but is perhaps more easily 

 seen, as it inhabits thinner bushes. It was not rare 

 around Aimesley Bay, and was occasionally seen in 

 Samhar and Hahab, up to an elevation of about 3,000 

 feet, never, however, above the range of tropical flora 

 and fauna. In December and January, small families 

 were met with, hopping along the ground, and flying 

 one after the other from bush to bush like Crateropi 

 or Malacocerci; in May and June, aU met with were 

 in pairs. Measurements :— 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 

 in. in. in. 



Male . 3-75 4-8 13 



Female 365 4-4 V3 



go. L. erythropterus (Shaw). 



Lanms erythrop terus, Shaw's Gen. Zool. Aves, vol. vii. p. 301. ' 

 Lania/rius erythropterus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 229. 



Iris peculiar, brown with seven white specks in a circle 

 surrounding the pupil. 



A skulking bush-haunting bird and quite intermediate 

 in form between the true Shrikes and the Crateropidce. 

 It has the flight, and to a great extent the habits, of 

 the latter. 



In January and February I found the Eed-winged Bush 

 Shrike in small families ; later in the year they were in 

 pairs. I shot a young bird only just able to fly, near the 



