152 LANIIB.K. 



1. Laniarius cruentus. 



Lauius cruentus, Ilcmpr. Sf Ehrenb. Symh. Phys. fol. C. tab. iii. 

 Laniarius crueutatu8, Ri'qyi). Neiic WirhcUh. j). 32; Gray, Gen B. i. 



p. 298; lip. C.A.\. p. 359; Hciiql. Si/xt. Uchcrs. p. 34; lilyfh, 



Rep. Coll. Somali Co. 6; Scl. Ibis, LSOO, p. 247; Brehm, lleis. 



Hahesch, pp. 215, 317 ; HeayL J. f. O. 18137, p. 293. 

 Malacouotus roseus, Jard. et Helby, III. Orn. iv. pi. xxx. 

 Teleplionus cruentus, Licht. Nomencl. p. 11. 

 Teiephonus pictus, Lieht. t. c. p. 11. 

 Telephonus crueutatus, Bp. C. M. xxxviii. p. 534. 

 Laniarius cruentus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 396, no 6010 ; Finsch et 



Hnrtl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 354 ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 256 ; Blanf. 



Geul. ty Zool. Abyss, p. 342. 

 Dryoscopus cruentatus, Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i, p. 402. 

 Dryoscopus cruentus, Heiiyl. I. c. iv. p. cxvi. 

 lihodophoneus cruentus, Antmori et Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 85. 



Adult male. General colour light ashy brown, slightly washed 

 with rose-colour on the head ; lower back bright pink ; wing-coverts 

 and quills light ashy brown, edged with grey ; two central tail- 

 feathers like the back and the upper tail-coverts, rest of the tail- 

 feathers bhick with large white terminal spots ; lores white ; round 

 the eye aring of whitish plumes ; cheeks whitish ; throat and fore 

 neck bright pink colour ; rest of under surface bright fawn-colour, 

 the centre of the breast and abdomen white : under wing-coverts 

 fawn-colour like the sides of the body ; quills underneath light 

 brown, internally edged with fulvous ; edge of wing white ; " bill 

 blackish; feet light lead; iris greyish violet." Total length 9 

 inches, cidmeu 0-85, wing 3-6, tail 4-8, tarsus 1-25. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but distinguished by its black 

 gorget, a line of black feathers running down the cheeks on each 

 side, and united to a large patch on the lower throat, below which 

 is a patch of rose-colour. Total length 8-5 inches, wing 3-6, tail 4*5, 

 tarsus 1'25. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. 



a.b. cj 2 ad. st. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



c. $ ad. sk. Koomaylee, Feb. 2, 1868. W. T. Blanf ord, Esq. [C.]. 



d. <S ad. sk. Amba, 'Sambar, Aug. 18, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [().]. 



1808. 



2. Laniarius atrococcineus. 



Lanius atrococcineus, Burchell, Zool. Journ. i. p. 461, pi. 28. 

 Malaconotus atrococcineus. Swains. Zool. Illustr. 2nd series, pi. 70 ; 



Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. (19. 

 Laniarius atrococcineus. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 298; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 3;";9 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 163 ; Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 



p. 353; Gray, Hand-l. B.\. '^. 'SQQ, no. (jQW; Gurtiey, in Anderss. 



B. Datn. Ld. p. 144 ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 376 ; Barratt, op. cit. 



1876, p. 204 ; Bocage, Orn. d^ Angola, p. 220 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard 



B. S. Afr. p. 389. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy blue-black, the rump 



