302 BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



upper throat and chin, and the middle of the abdomen being whit- 

 ish. The tail feathers are similar to those of the adults but more 

 pointed. 



Erlanger ^* found this shrike to be rather numerous in the Ginir 

 district of southwestern Italian Somaliland but did not meet with it 

 north of that region. He found it breeding during March and April 

 and discovered nests with eggs. As noted above, Mearns found a 

 Juvenal bird a few weeks out of the nest, with its parents, at Bodessa 

 on May 20. On May 18 at the same place, he found a nest containing 

 one egg. Three days later it contained three eggs. Doctor Mearns 

 visited the nest on May 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, and it was not until 

 the last date that he was able to see the bird on the nest and ascer- 

 tain its identity. He shot the bird (U.S.N.M. no. 245584) and found 

 it to be a male. The nest contained only a single egg, the other two 

 being smashed under the bush. The nest was 3 feet above the ground 

 in a bush in heavy grass. He notes : "Parents exceedingly shy. The 

 nest as preserved is entire, there being no coarse outer structure. It 

 was set down between four rather stout branches to which it was 

 firmly attached by spider webs." The egg measures 23,8 by 18.1 mm, 

 "and differs from that of P. s. erlangeri in having the spots less red- 

 dish brown, more smeary or less sharply defined, and in having many 

 purplish or lilac-brown ones. * * * distribution of spots * * * 

 scattered over the entire Qgg^ most sparse at the little end and mostly 

 aggregated in a circle close to the great end * * * ground color 

 buffy white, pinkish before blown." The preserved nest is a com- 

 pactly built cup of fine tendrils, grasses, stems, and leaf ribs, and 

 measures 100 mm in diameter, outside measurement (70 mm inside) 

 and 35 mm in depth. 



Aside from the specimens collected, Mearns observed this bird on 

 several occasions. On the Northern Guaso Nyiro Kiver, July 31- 

 August 3, 10 birds were noted ; Lekiundu River, August 4-8, 18 seen ; 

 Meru and Kilindini, August 10, 4 birds; 20 miles east of Meru on 

 the trail to the Tana River, 10 seen ; Tharaka district, August 13-14, 

 8 birds; Tana River, August 15-17, 12 birds noted. 



CHLOROPHONEUS SULFUREOPECTUS FRICKI Friedmann 



Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus fricki Feiedmann, Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 5, p. 252, 1930 : Sadi Malka, Ethiopia. 

 Specimens collected : 



1 adult male, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, December 21, 1911. 



1 adult female, near Gardula, Ethiopia, March 28, 1912. 



9 adult males, 6 adult females, 4 immature males, 1 unsexed, Gato River 

 near Gardula, Ethiopia, April 1-26, 1912. 



1 immature male, Sagon River, Ethiopia, June 3, 1912. 



" Journ. far Orn., 1905, p. 694. 



