12S LANIID-i:. 



c. Ad. sk. Bog-as Land {IJsler). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



<l. 2 iuv. sk. B-jook, Auseba valley. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



e. d ad. sk. Bejook, July 16, 1868 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 (Jesse). 



6. Telophouus remigialis. 



Lanius erythropterus, Riipp. y.:uie WirheUh. p. 32 (pt.). 

 Teleplionus senegalus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 216 (nee L.). 

 Teleplionus remiirialis, Hiirtl. S,- Finsch, Vog. Ostafr. p. 340 (note) ; 



Heuc/I. Orn. X.O. Afr. i. p. 471. 

 Telophoriis remigialis, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 399, no. 0055. 

 Laniarius remigialis, Sharpe, ed. Latjard B. S. Afr. p. 397 (1882). 



Adult. Hind neck and mantle sandy brown, passing into ashj^ 

 brown on the lower back, rump, and the upper tail-coverts ; upper 

 tail-coverts narrowly margined with whitish ; scapulars almost 

 entirely rufous, only the inner web with a dark-brown patch ; all 

 the wing-coverts riifous or reddish chestnut^colour, which colour 

 likewise occupies more than the basal half of the primary quills 

 (both the inner and outer webs) and all but the terminal quarter of 

 the secondaries ; tail like that of T. senegalus, but the cross waves 

 very indistinct and in some birds almost invisible ; underparts, 

 including the under tail-coverts and thighs, uniform white, slightly 

 washed with cream-colour on the chest ; ear-coverts cream-colour ; 

 edge of wing and the smaller under wing-coverts white, the remain- 

 der pale rufous, like the greater part of the under surface of the quills. 

 Head like that of T. senegcdus. Total length about 9 inches, 

 culmen 0-S5-0-9, wing 3-4-3'6, tail 4'6-4-75, tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. Korth-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. St. White Nile. F. Galton, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. White Nile. F. Galton, Esq. [P.J. 



c. Ad. sk. Sennanr {Hedenhorg). R. B. Sharpe, E.sq. 



d. Ad. sk. Kordofau (Mus. Holm.). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 e,f. (5 5 ad. sk. Abyssinia ( Verreau.v). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



7. Telophonus minutus. 



Telephonus minutus, Harfl. F. Z. S. 1858, p. 292 ; Reichenoic, Corr. 

 Afr. Gesellsch. Berlin, 1874, p. 179; Finsch S,- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 340 (note) ; Reichenoiv, J.f. O. 1877, p. 23 ; Bocage, Orn. cV An- 

 gola, p. 225, pi. iv. 



Telophorus minutus, Gratj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 399, no. 6053. 



Laniarius minutus, Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 397 (1882). 



Adult (type of species). Nearly allied to T. trivirgatus, but smaller, 

 and chiefly distinguished from the latter species in the following 

 points : — 1. The whole crown of the head is jet-black, with a pure white 

 and very distinctly marked superciliary streak, which in front occu- 

 pies the whole loral region. 2. Some of the scapulars and of the adja- 

 cent feathers of the mantle are either entirely black or have the whole 

 oiiter web black, thus forming on the mantle two large irregular 

 patches of this colour. 3. The central pair of the tail-feathers are 



