272 
ON SAFARI 
harsh “ Kva, kva,” and a resonant musical call, clear as 
the human voice, “ Go ’way, go ’way ” ; and the hand¬ 
some purple-crested loury ( Gallirex) with crimsoned 
wing; besides the curious mop-headed green loury, 
Turacus corythaix. It is the first-named that is by 
far the most troublesome. I acquit these birds of any 
directly malicious intent when perpetrating their mis¬ 
chiefs. Their food consisting of plantains, berries and 
arboreal fruits, they have no conceivable interest either 
in the big game or its hunters: yet should one of these 
birds perceive a human being, it raises an outcry that 
TURACUS CONCOLOR. 
speedily brings up any other louries within hearing, all 
vying with each other in strident clamour. Any game 
within a mile at once decamps. 
Another bird-group equally abundant and character¬ 
istic of the South-African bush-veld is that of the 
shrikes (. Laniidce ). Far away in the wilderness, one 
hears a not unmusical chorus; gentle at first, the notes 
grow louder and wilder till they climax in raucous key, 
and the performers hurriedly depart, to alight in a mass 
on some bare tree. Then one sees that they are magpie¬ 
like birds, black and white, with very long tails. These 
are sociable shrikes, 1 and must be counted among the 
1 From a specimen brought home, I find that the correct name is 
“long-tailed pied shrike ” (Urolestes melanoleucus). 
