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6. Laniarius leucorhynchus Hartl. (Greater Black Shrike). 

 <J 2. Common on the foothills bnt not seen on the mountain. 



7. Laniarius jacksoni Sharpe (Jackson's Puff-backed Shrike). 



o 2, ? 1. Birds from the type locahty do not differ from those collected 

 in South- West Uganda. 



8. Laniarius aethiopicus major Neum. (Great Pied Shrike). 



(J 4, ? 3, <J Juv. I. One of the commonest shrikes of the forests, keeping 

 more or less to the undergrowth along the edges of forest clearings. 



The young bird has the undersurface strongly washed with yellowish, and 

 faintly barred with blackish. 



9. Laniarius Itihderi Reichenow (Brown-breasted Shrike). 



o 5, <J Juv. 2, $ 2, $ Juv. .3. This series of a widely distributed species 

 includes birds in all stages, from adult birds to young just from the nest. 



Regarding its wide distribution, it is of interest to note that whereas 

 Reichenow gives the wing measurements as 86-95 mm., this series of adult birds 

 are as follows, 80-87 mm. Other measurements are correspondingly smaller. 



In adult birds the tips of the coverts are always pure white and not yellow. 

 Vide Og.Grant, P.Z.S. 1910. 



It would not surprise me to find that the Elgon and Kakamega birds are 

 separable from those from Cameroon. 



This species can be called common on Elgon and in the forests in the 

 Mumias districts. 



10. Laniarius erythrogaster Cretzschm. (Crimson-breasted Shrike). 

 o 1. Not obtained on Elgon, but was plentiful in the scrub below. 



11. Laniarius mufumbiri Og.-Grant (Golden-crowned Crimson-breasted Shrike). 



$ 1. A fine, clean example of this rare Shrike was obtained in the dense 

 scrub on the banks of the M'porogoma River. This appears to be the most 

 easterly range for this species. 



12. Dryoscopus nandensis Sharpe. 



(J 4, $ 4. Birds from Elgon agree perfectly with birds collected on the 

 Nandi escarpment. Dr. Hartert informs me that birds from Tanganyika 

 hitherto known, beheved to be the same as the Nandi birds, are in reahty 

 distinct. 



These birds are usually seen in pairs as is usually the case with this group. 



13. Dryoscopus malzacii nyanzae Neum. (Grey-rumped Bush Shrike). 



<J 1 , ? 1 . Reichenow does not admit this subspecies, but I have retained 

 it pending further investigation. 



The female has the whole of the undersurface a clear yellowish brown, 

 much more so than in specimens collected in Chagwe. 



