146 LANIIDJE. 



111. Lryoscopus gambensis*. 



Lanius gambensis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 48. 



Malaconotus mollissimus, Sicains. B. IF. Afr. i. p. 240, pi. 2.3 (1837). 



Ilapalopbiis gambeusis, Grai/ in ChnrJcsuwrtlis Ma;/. Nat. Hist, new 



series, i. p. 490 ; Sundev. (Efoers. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Stockh. 1849, 



p._158. 

 Laniavius gambeusis. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 299 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 397, 



no. 6020 ; Beichmo. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 24. 

 Dryoscopus gambensis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 360 ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 110 ; id. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 172; Hartmann, op.cit. 1864, p. 149; 



Shar2)e, Ibis, 1870, p. 55; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i, p. 456, iv. 



p. cxvii ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 48. 

 Dryoscopus cubla, Ilem/l. Si/st. Uehers. p. 34; Riipp. Syst. Uehers. 



p. 62; Brehm, Reise >iach JIabesch, p. 314. 

 Malaconotus malzacii, Hetigl. Syst. Uebers. p. 34 {teste Ileuglin). 



Adult male. Mantle and upper part of back, hind neck, and head 

 above blue-black ; the lower back and rump grey, with white bases 

 to the feathers ; upper tail-coverts and tail black ; scapulars greyish 

 white, with dusky blackish inner webs ; least wing-coverts blackish 

 brown, edged with grey ; median and greater series black, with broad 

 greyish-white edgings ; primary-coverts and quills blackish brown, 

 narrowly bordered with white, broader on the secondaries ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts black ; cheeks and under 

 surface of .body white, slightly shaded with grey on the flanks ; 

 thighs white ; under wing-coverts, edge of wing, and inner margin 

 of the quills below white; smaller imder wing-coverts ashy brown, 

 like the quills imderueath ; " bill black or lead-blue, with a horny 

 black tip ; feet lead-colour ; iris vermilion " (JlengUn). Total 

 length 6-7 to 7 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-6, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Above ashy brown, the 

 head, nape, and sides of face grey, with white shaft-streaks to the 

 ear-coverts ; lores dull white ; wing-coverts edged with whitish or 

 sandy buff ; quills brown, edged with sandy colour, deeper on the 

 secondaries ; tail brown, with narrow lighter-brown edges ; cheeks 

 and under surface of body reddish ochraceous, rather lighter on the 

 abdomen and i;nder tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts reddish ochre, 

 as also the broad edge to the inner webs of the quills. Wing 3-5 

 inches, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-95. 



* Dryoscopus cinerascens. 

 Dryoscopus cinerascens, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1880, p. 212. 



Adidtmale. General colour above fuscous grey, soniewbat darker on the head, 

 which is marked with a few indistinct dark streaks ; lower back paler and more 

 grey ; tail and primary quills uniform brown, the inner margin of the latter 

 whitish ; wing-coverts fuscous, the lesser and greater ones margined with white 

 externally ; throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts pure white ; breast, middle 

 of abdomen, and under wing-coverts wliitish, waslied with fulvous ; feet and bill 

 leaden blue, the tip and the edges of the latter whitish , iris orange. Wing 

 3'5 inches, tail 3, tarsus 0-85. Only one specimen known {Mus. Brem.). 



Hah. Lado, Sudan. 



Ohs. This specimen, although described as an adult male, is very probably 

 either the female or the immature male of D. gavdjcnsis. 



