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lection would be immature males, although they are jet-black and 

 fully grown, like a specimen in the Berlin Museum collected and 

 marked by Dr. Ecichcnow as a j'oung male. 



Uah. West Africa, from the Gold Coast to the Gaboon. 



a,b. [J] ad. St. Gaboon. Purchased. 



<"• [cJlj.iiv-sk. Fantee. E. B. Sharpe, P]sq. 



^- [c? ljuv.sk. CamarooES Mountains, Jan. 1, II. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1871 (Crosski/). 



^- [(5 ljuT.sk. Camaroons Mountains, March 8, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1871 ( Crosslei/). 



2 ad. sk. Gaboon ( Walker). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



2. Dryoscopus nigerrimus. 



Dryoscopus nigerrimiLs, licichen. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 392; Fischer 8^ 

 lieichen. ibid. 1879, p. 34G. 



Very similar to D. funeh-is, but with the rump and lower back 

 entirely black, without any white subtermiual spots on the feathers. 

 Total length 8 inches, wing 3"3, tail 3'5. 



llah. Kipini, East Africa. 



3. Dryoscopus funebris. 



Dryoscopus funebris, Hartl P. Z. S. 1863, p. 105; Scl. ibid. 1864, 



p. 109 ; Heui/l. Orn. ^\0.-Afr. pp. 46, cxvii. 

 Laniarius funebris, Finsch Sf- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 352, Taf . iv. fig. 2. 

 Laniarius ati'ocserideus, Eiip}}. in Mus. Brit. 



General colour slaty black ; wings, wing-coverts, and tail glossy 

 black, with a greenish lustre ; the long fluffy feathers of the rump 

 slaty grey, mottled with large white subterminal spots ; feet and 

 bill black. Total length about 8 inches, culmcn 0-9, wing 3-4, tail 

 3'5, tarsus 1-25. 



Hub. Interior of East Africa {Sjyel-e); Ahy ssinia (JRiijypeU). 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. (Named 



Laniarius atrocceruleus. 



4. Dryoscopus lugubris. 



Rhynchastatus lugubris, Cab. in Von der Decken's Eeis. iii. p. 26, 



t. vii. 

 Laniarius lugubris, Finsch t^- Harfl. Vdr/. Ostafr. p. 356. 

 Dryoscopus lugubris, Fischer ^- Reichen. J.f. O. 1878, p. 2<'i9, 1879, 



p. 346. 



The four specimens of this species in the Berlin Museum are 

 exactly like D. funebris in colour, but differ from the latter by being 

 of a considerably smaller size. Total length about G-7 inches, cul- 

 men 0-8, wing 3, tail 2-7, tarsus 1-6. 



Ilab. East Africa ( V. d. Declen). 



