154 LANIID^. 



Le Gonolek, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. ii. p. 78, pi. 69 ; Sundev. Krit. Framst., 



LevaiU. p. 31. 

 Laniarius bavbanis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. (TSisi. Nat. xv. p. 298 ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 298 ; 13p. Consp. i. p. 359 ; Hm-fl. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 107 ; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 171 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 396, 



no. 0009; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 190; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 48; 



Shel/e;/ S,- Buckle,/, Ibis, 1872, p. 288 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 64. 

 Tchao:i'a bavbanis. Less. Traite, p. 373. 

 Malacouotus barbarus, Swains. Zool. Ilkistr. 2nd series, ii. pi. 71 ; 



id. B. W. Afr. i. p. 243, pi. 29 ; Gordon, Contr. Om. 1850, p. 8 ; 



Cab. Mus. mill. i. p. 69. 



Adult. General colour above glossy black, the feathers greyish at 

 base ; louver back and rump mottled with white subterminal spots 

 on the feathers ; wings and tail black ; crown of head and nape 

 dull yellow, brighter above the eye ; lores, feathers round the eye, 

 ear-coverts, and sides of neck glossy black : cheeks and entire under 

 surface of body scarlet ; thighs and under tail-coverts pale fawn- 

 brown ; under wing-coverts black, as also the under surface of the 

 wings ; bill black. Total length 8-S inches, culmeu 0-9, wing 4-25, 

 tail 4-4, tarsus 1"3. 



Toung. Coloured like the adult but duller, the feathers of the 

 back and the wing-coverts edged with pale ochraceous brown ; 

 under surface light ochraceous brown, mottled with duskj' cross 

 bars ; many of the scarlet feathers tipped with whitish. 



Hah. "West Africa. 



a. Ad. sk Senegal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. Pull. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Faiitee. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



d. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Juv. sk. Denkera {Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 /. Ad. sk. River Volta, Aug. 1870 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



{Vsshe)-). 



5. Laniarius erythrogaster, 



Lanius eiythrog aster, Cretzschm. in Siipp, Atl. pi. 29 (1826). 



Laniarius erytlirogaster, Riipp, Syst. Uehers. p. 228 ; DesMurs, in Le- 

 febv. Vol). Abyss., Ois. p. 98 ; Vierth. Nauin. 1852, i. p. 33 ; Brehm, 

 'J.f. 0. 1856, p. 481 ; Heiigl. Syst. Uebers. p. 34 ; id. J./. 0. 1862, 

 p. 294, 1863, p. 270 ; Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 53 ; Guriiei/, Ibis, 

 1868, p. 160 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 396, no. 6012 ; Finsch 8f 

 Hartl. Toy. Ostafr. p. 354. 



Malaconotus wernei, Cub. Mus. Hein. i. p. 69, note ; Werne, Reise 

 in Tahah, p. 265. 



Malacouotus ervthrogastra, Licht. Nomencl. p. 12 ; Brehm, Habesch, 

 p. 312, note {id. Thierl. ii. p. 704. 



Laniarius chrysogaster, Bp. C. A. i. p. 360. 



Dryoscopus erj'throgaster, Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 463, cxvii. 



Adult. General colour above glossy black, all the feathers of the 

 rurap greyish white with black edges ; the scapulars also with 

 concealed whitish bases ; wings and tail black ; cheeks and breast 

 brilliant scarlet; the lower abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts 



