260 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI I. HIS. 



Telophorus of 1831, with a totally differeut bird as type of tlie geuiis. Telophoiias 

 of 1837 is clearly only a different spelling of Telophorus, and the genotype mnst be 

 the same. The same objection as to I'omatorhjnchus therefore hokls good against 

 Telophonus, and Harpolestes ( 'abanis mnst be accepted as the name of the genus. 



luo. Lanius senator senator L. 

 S ad., ? ad., <?jiiv., province of Zaria. 



luij. Lanius excubitor leucopygos llempr. k Ehreub. 



((Jf. VUij. pal. Fauna, i. p. 42S.) 



1 ad., Timbuktu. 



It is very interesting to find this bird, the Nubian and Sudanese representative 

 of the Great Grey Shrike, inhabiting also the Western Sudan. 



No doubt a careful e.xploration of the district of Timbuktu would be most 

 interesting, and it woukl probably show more forms which have hitherto only been 

 known from the Eastern Sudan, to extend to the western parts of the countries 

 immediately south of the Sahara. 



107. Corvus coi"ax ruficollis Less. 



Corviis uiiibrhms auct., of. Xoc. Zonl. l[H'3, p. 38. 



1 ad., Sokoto ! — This Raven was not known to occur south of the Western 

 Sahara, though in the Eastern Sudan it extends to Sennaar and Kordofan. 



lOS. Corvus albus P. L. S. Jliill. 



Corvus albus P. L. S. Miiller, Natursijstem, Suppl. p. 85 (1770— Seuegal. E.\ Buffou !). 



Corvus scapulattis auct. 



(Jf. Kleinschmidt, Jom-n.f. Orii. 1(106, p. ;iO, Zedlilz, op. ,-il. 1011, p. 1. 



Several adult birds from Zaria. 



A male taken 11. .\i. 1912 has freshly moulted plumage, though the body 

 plumage is still partially moulting. 



109. Cryptorhina afra (L.) 



Kaduua, Kaduna River, and Zaria. 

 ? , 2. X. 1912 : body plumage in moult. 



IM. Dicrurus ater divaricatus (Licht.) 



ilvsck-apa clivaricalii Lichtonsteiu, Verz. Dunbl. .Mux. Berlin, i. p. .52 (Senegambia). 



Province of Zaria and Kauo. 



It seems to me impossible to separate the eastern luguhris from the western 

 dimricatm. The birds collected by I'oggioliui agree perfectly with Senegambian 

 ones, and do not belong to Oberholser's atactus. Cf. U.S. JS'at. Mas. xxviii. p. 920. 



111. Oriolus auratus Vieill. 

 S ad. and jnv., Kaduna River and Zaria. 



112. Buphagus africanus I-. 



66 ad. Zaria, 29. x. and 13. xi. 1912, 



