156 LANIIDiE. 



mantle, this part being green in the last-mentioned bird. Besides 

 this the primary wing-coyerts of L. j_wUochlam)/s arc almost entirely 

 black like the bastard quill ; the subterminal black bars on the 

 secondary quills are very strongly developed ; the tail is more 

 greenish olive than olive-green ; bill black. Total length 9 to 10 

 inches. 



Culmeu. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



1-2 4-5 4-5 1-35 



1-15 4a 4-4 1-3 



Ilab. Gold Coast. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Fantee (Aubinri). R. B. Sliarpe, E.sq. 



c. Ad. sk. Fautee ( Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, E,-q. 



8. Laniarius poliocephalus. 



La Pie-grieche Blanchot, Lemill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. p. 122, pi. 28-5 ; Sitn- 



dev. Krit. Framd., Levaill. p. 55. 

 Lanius olivaceus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Sist. Nat. xxvi. p. 135 (nee 



Shaw) ; id. Gal. Ois. pi. 139. 

 Jjauius poliocephalus, LicM. Verz. Bouhl. p. 45. 

 Malaconotus blanchoti, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 161. 

 Vanga ictera, Ciivier, Regne Animal, 1829, p. 352 (ex Levaill.) ; Less. 



Traite dOrn. p. 346. 

 Malacouotus olivaceus, Sivains. B. TV. Afr. i. p. 237, pi. 22 ; Riipp. 



Syst. Uebers. p. 02. 

 Malaconotus hypopyrrhus, Hartl. Verz. Brem. Samml. p. 61. 

 Laniarius icterus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 299 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. .360 ; 



Hartl. Orn. TV.-Afr. p. 110; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 172 ; Layard, B. 



S. Afr. p. 164 ; Sharjje, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 148, pi. 13. fig. 2 ; Shel- 

 ley, 'His, 1877, p. 76. 

 Laniarius hypopyrrhiis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 299 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 360. 

 Archolestes icterus. Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 71. 

 Archolestes hypopyrrhus, Cab. t. c. p. 71 ; id. in von der Decken^s 



Jteisen, iii. p. 27. 

 Malacouotus poliocephalus, LicM. Nomencl. p. 12. 

 Malaconotus icterus, Heuyl. Syst. Uehers. p. 34. 

 Archolestes approximaus, Cab. in von der Decken's Reisen, iii. p. 27. 

 Laniarius olivaceus, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 49. 

 Meristes olivaceus, Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 361 ; Heugl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. pp. 466, cxviii ; Bocage, Orn. d' Angola, p. 235. 

 Laniarius poliocephalus, Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 387. 



Adult. General colour above pale yellowish green ; wing-coverts, 

 the whole tail, and the outer webs of the secondary quills of the 

 same colour as the back, and every feather tipped with pale yellow ; 

 inner web of quiUs brownish ; outer web of the primaries broadly 

 edged with yellow ; upper tail- coverts greenish, with yellowish tips ; 

 head, neck, and ear-coverts bluish grey; a large loral spot and 

 a very narrow ring round the eye white ; the whole under surface 

 sulphur-yellow, more or less strongly washed with orange on the 

 chest and upper breast ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, edge of wing, 

 and a broad margin on the inner web of the quills pale sulphur- 

 yellow ; thighs greenish yellow or yellow ; bill black ; feet ashy 



