BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 



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Dr. Mearns first met with this bird, which he refers to as the 

 "bell shrike", on account of its clear, bell-like notes, at Sadi Malka, 

 and observed it from there along the Hawash River as far as Gada 

 Boiirca. It was not found in the Arussi highlands, which he next 

 traversed, and it was not until he came to Aletta, March 7-13, that 

 he saw it again. There he noted about 100 individuals; at Loco, 

 March 13-15, he saw 20 ; Gidabo River, March 15-17, 20 ; the Abaya 

 Lakes, March 18-24, 60 birds; near Gardula, March 2G-29, 10 birds; 

 at Gato River the species was almost wholly lacking, as from March 

 29 to May 17 only 4 individuals were seen; at Sagon River, June 3, 

 1 was noted. None was seen between that point and the Lekiundu 

 River in central Kenya Colony, where 10 were observed on August 8. 

 These birds and the subsequent records probably refer to the race 

 inajor, but unfortunately no specimens were procured. The records 

 are as follows : Meru Forest near Mount Kenya, August 9, 50 seen ; 

 Meru, August 10, 100 birds; east of Meru (20 miles) on trail to the 

 Tana River, August 11, 10 seen; Tana River, August 16-18, 8 noted. 

 On the Kikuyu Escarpment, September 4—12, 50 birds were noted. 

 The form of this high land mass is the same as that of Ethiopia — 

 the race aethiopious. 



Table 56. — Measurements of I4 Specimens of Laniarius ferrugineus aethiopicus 



DRYOSCOPUS CUBLA HAMATUS Hartlaub 



Dryoscopus hamatus Hartlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, p. 106: Kazeh, 



Unyamwesi district, Tanganyika Territory. 

 Specime>'s collected: 



1 "male" (= female). Tana River, Kenya Colony, August 14, 1912. 



2 females, Athi River, near Juja Farm, Kenya Colony, August 31, 1912. 

 1 female, Escarpment, 7,390 feet, Kenya Colony, September 10, 1912. 



The little puff-back shrike, so called because of its long silky rump 

 feathers, which it erects to form a fluffy ball when displaying, ranges 



