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(1777), and his observations have been confirmed by 
many experienced African travellers, including Living¬ 
stone. The natives accept it as a guide; when they 
observe this bird fiuttering from tree to tree, uttering 
shrill cries, they follow it, and are invariably led to a 
nest. In return for such services the guide is rewarded 
with a share of the spoils in the form of a piece of comb 
containing grubs. Some ornithologists ridicule the idea 
The Ethiopian Bush Shrike. 
Sometimes called the Organ Shrike. 
of the ])ird acting in this way, and others believe it 
strongly. Millais in A B7^eath from the Veldt, 1895, 
gives a detailed account of the honey-guide, and states 
that his boy found four nests of honey in a very short 
time by following the bird. 
The sportsman finds the honey-guide a nuisance, for 
it occasionally happens that he is making a careful 
silent stalk towards the game when this bird flies up and 
q^larms all aninials withiid hearing by its chattering, 
