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BARBARY OR YELLOW CROWNED BUSH-SHRIKE. 
Malaconotus Barhams, Swains. 
PLATE XXIV. 
Above glossy black ; beneath crimson ; crown fulvous yellow ; 
vent and flanks buff, Zool. lllust., ii. j >1. 71. 
Lanius Barbaras, Linn. Auct Laniarius Barbaras, Vieill., 
Ency. Meth. Om. p. 755 Pie-grieclie du Senegal, Buffon, 
PI. Enl. 66 Le Gonoleck, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afrique, ii. 
pi. 69 Malaconotus Barbaras, Zool. lllust., 2d series, pi. 71. 
This is one of tlie most splendid of a small group or 
section of the Bush-shrikes whose plumage is a 
union of black with the richest crimson. It has 
received its name from having been first found on 
the coast of Barbary ; it is, however, one of the com- 
monest and most showy birds of Senegal, and it 
even extends almost through the whole length of 
Africa; for Le Vaillant discovered it on the con- 
fines of the Namaquois nation, bordering upon the 
Cape territory. This would appear to be nearly its 
southern confines, since Le Yaillant mentions his 
being unable to procure more than three specimens, 
nor could he ascertain any thing of its manners. 
There is a slight difference in structure between 
this and the type of its genus, inasmuch as the 
outer toe is only attached to the middle one at the 
base of the first joint, leaving the joint itself entirely 
free. It is consequently nearer in the series of 
