30 SHRIKE. 



24— CAPE SHRIKE. 



Lanius Brubru, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. xx. Shaw's Zool. vii. 327. 

 Le Brubru, Levail. Ois.n. 85. pi. 71. £1.2. 



Cape Shrike, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 78. 



LENGTH about five inches and a half. Bill black, hides brown ; 

 top of the head, and neck behind black ; the rest of the upper parts 

 the same, with a mixture of white ; from the forehead a line of white 

 passes over the eye, towards the hindhead ; under parts of the body 

 white, but the sides under the wings are ferruginous ; on the wings 

 a patch of white ; the four middle tail feathers black, the others 

 more or less tipped with white ; the outmost wholly so on the 

 outer margin. 



The female is not unlike the male, but the white has a tinge of 

 ferruginous, and the black of a brownish hue. 



Inhabits various places of the interior of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 especially the great river ; often found in flocks, except in the season 

 of incubation, when it is seen only in pairs ; makes the nest on the 

 Mimosa trees, of moss, and fine roots, lined with wool and feathers; 

 the eggs five in number, whitish, spotted with brown. 



25— PURPLE-SIDED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH near six inches. Bill pale ; head and chin, neck 

 behind, and back dusky blue, or deep ash-colour ; feathers of the 



