cni-oKOPnoNEUs. — pelicinius. 291 



2. Japan {H. Pryer). Seebolim Coll. 

 4. Japan (/f. P.)- Seebohm Coll. 



3. Japan (//. P.). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CHLOROPHONEUS, Cah. 



Chlorophoneus sulphur eipectus {Less.). 



(riate XIII. fig. 8.) 



Laniarius sulphureipectus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 384 

 (1875-84) ; Stark ^ Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 40 

 (1901). 



Laniarius sulphureipectus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 159 (1883). 



jNlalaconotus sulphureipectus, A/e.rander, Ibis, 1899, p. 583. 



Chlorophoneus sulphureipectus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 291 (1903). 



The eggs of the Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike are of a narrow 

 elliptical shape, somewhat pointed at both ends, and moderately- 

 glossy. They are of a bluish-green colour, mottled all over with 

 pale brown and grey. Three examples measure respectively : '75 

 by -53; -76 by -53; -78 by -55. 



2. Bissao, Senegambia {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. [Senegambia.]* Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PELICINIUS, Boie. 

 Pelicinius gutturalis {P. L. S. Mull.). 



Lanius bacbakiri, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. xxxi. fig. 12, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Laniarius gutturalis, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 385 (1875- 



84) ; Stark ^ Sclafer, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii.p. 33 (1901). 

 Laniarius bakbakiri, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 162 (1883); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 70 (1899). 

 Pelicinius gutturalis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 292 (1903). 



The eggs of the Bakbakiri Bush-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and glossy. They are of a blue colour, spotted and blotched, 

 more densely^ on the broad half, with reddish brown and lavender 

 or lilac. They measure from -98 to 1"06 in length, and from -73 to 

 •8 in breadth. 



6. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. South Africa (-E. Z. Zayrtz-fZ). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 5. South Africa {E. L. L. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Cape Colony (r. ^^»!ore .• Tristram Crowlev Bequest. 



Cop.). 



* This eg^, there can be little doubt, forms part of the same clutch as the 

 two preceding ones. 



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