Smith’s Shrike. 
Collurio Smithii, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 16, 1843. 
I named this species in honour of Dr. Andrew Smith, the South African Traveller, and authoi 
of the “ Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.” 
The upper parts are black, with a green reflection; the wings brownish black, the tail black; 
the scapular feathers, a spot about the bases of the primaries, and the tips of some of the 
secondaries, as well as the whole of the under parts, and the extremities of the four external tail- 
feathers, white : the rump and upper tail-coverts greyish. 
I shot this bird at Cape Coast, Western Africa. 
Total length, eight inches. 
In the background is the Wild Bitter Lime, “ Makur neembonee ,” of the Mahrattas: it is not 
made any use of as a fruit; the leaves and fruit have the bitter flavour of the lime, but without any 
acidity. At Beema Shunker, there are many bushy trees fourteen to sixteen feet high. Copied 
from one of Col. Sykes’ Dukhun drawings. 
