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 24. Lanius subcorouatus. 



Loniii" aiihnironiiliis Smith, 111. Zool. .S. ,1/V. PI. LXVIII. (1840) (Northern Cape Colony); 



Gadow, t. c. p. 2<>0. 

 Fuici's i-ii/wlU Kocagc, ./. .1'-. f.ixb. xxvi. p. 93 (1879) (Ka.ssange, Angola). 



A1//1// m'l/i'.-A narrow band across the fdri'lu'ail, lores, snjicrciliary stripes, 

 sfajjiilars, niiuji anil entire under jiarts white ; crown ami ujuht back suioky- 

 bhick, lower back and npper tail-coverts grey ; wings black, the basal part of I he 

 jirinnuy ([uills white : onter tail-feathers mostly white, generally with some bhuk 

 on the basal half of the inner web; third, fonrth, and fifth pairs l)lack, tijipi'd with 

 white; two middle pairs black. 



Total length ca. 8'5, in.; wing 3'(j — 3'8, tail 4, tarsus 1. 



ArluU fi'Dutlf. — Resembles the male, but is somewhat browner on the back, and 

 has a patch of chestnut feathers on either flank. 



A young hini has the U])|)er parts largely nii.xed with sandy brown ; tlie white 

 parts of the head, breast and flanks barreil with dusky ; the secondaries edgeil willi 

 rufous buff; the outer tail-feathers white, suft'used with rufous buff and jdining 

 the black irregularly. 



Ildlj. \Vestern South Africa; Northern Cape ('olony, Namaqualaml, l):niiaru- 

 laud, and nortii to Aiig<da. 



The L5ritish Museum possesses two Jei/iu/e specimens from Fotchefstroom, wliich 

 are intermediate between L. kumeralis and L. subcorouatus. They approach the 

 former in having tlie rump tuoic or less grey instead of pure white, and rcsemljli' 

 the latter in i)ossessiug a narrow grey band across the forehead. 



25. Lanius humeralis. 



Lanhis Iniiiiemlis Stanley, in Salt's I'^v. -Uii/k.i. Appoudi.v iv. i'l. LI. (1814) (Abyssinia). 



Lanius rnllarh Gadow, t. c. p. 25.") ( part). 



Laniiis senr;iiilciixi.i Gadow (nee Gmel.), t. c. p. 25.').* 



Lanius Jiscus, Oil). .1/i;n. Ileiii. i. p. 74 (1850). 



Lanius urruindi Des Murs, /iV/e Bonap., Rer. li .Uni/. Ziml. 1853, p. 434. 



Lanius pynhoslicli's Holub. & Pelz., Beili: Orn. S. A/r. p. 98. PI. II. (188-.') (Transvaal). 



Adult male in freshly moulted plumage. — Very similar to L. collaris, but tin' 

 entire under parts are pure white. 



Adult female. — Like the male, but with a patch of chestnut feathers on either 

 flank. 



Young birds. — Resemble the young of /,. collaris. 



Hah. Ranging from Northern Abyssinia southwards to Rritish East Africa, 

 and thence through Nyasaland, the eastern parts of the Transvaal, and Orange 

 River Colony to Natal. 



2*1. Lanius collaris. 



La Pir-t/rirxr/ic ,1„ fa/, </,' Unniie l-Upvmwi- Uriss., (Ini. ii. p. 182. PI, XV. fig. 1, (17t;0),t 

 Lanius collaris Linn., .s'..V. i. p, 135 (17)')i)) ; Gadow, t. c. p. 255 (part). 



' Lanius gi-iar/alciisis Kiipp., etc., as quoted liy tiailow, Caf. B. Itrit. Mus. viii. p. 2.55. i.-- evidently a 

 mistake ; the name .sliould l)e /-. collaris. 



f I am not perfectly satisfied that the " I'ie-griesdie dii Cap dc Pionnc fisperance " of Brisson, on 

 which tlie Linitcnii name L. ro/laris is founded, should not ho referred to L. humerutis. Brisson distinctly 

 says that the breast and sides are white, makint; no mention of tlie prey shade characteristic of the Cape 

 bird. On the otlicr hand, a-s the name L. roUuris lia.s been given to the Cape bird, I have retained it, as 

 in some examples the grey on the breast is not very conspicuous, and Brisson may have omitted to 

 mention it. 



