400 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a 



21. Centropus superciliosus. 



Centropus superciliosus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. 1828^ 

 fol. 2 j Kupp. Neue Wirb. pi. 21. fig. 1 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. p. 797; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 620; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 595; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 96 

 (Shoa) ; Bolmi. J. f. O. 1885, p. 41 ; Fischer, torn. eit. 

 p. 123. 



Hub. E. Africa, between abont 16° N. lat. and 8° S. lat. 



'' Only found frequenting the thick bushes and grass near 

 the water-courses.^^ 



22. SCHIZORHIS LEUCOGASTER. 



Schizcprhis leucogaster, lliipp. P. Z. S. 1842, p. 9; id. 

 Trans. Z. S. iii. pi. 17 (good). 



Schlzor'his leucogaster, Spoke, Ibis, 1860, p. 245 (Somali) ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 707 ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 477; Hartl. Abb. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 210; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 364 (Masai) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1881, p. 99 (Shoa) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 

 1885, p. 122 (Usaramo). 



Hub. E. Africa, between about 12° N. lat. and 5° S. lat. 



" Very common throughout the country. Feeds on the 

 berries of the nebbuk thorn, and the cry exactly resembles 

 the bleat of a goat. Bill and legs black.^' 



23. Terpsiphone cristata. 



Muscicapa cristata, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 938. 



Muscicapa duchaillui, Cass. Journ. Philad. iv. pi. 50. 



Muscicapa speciosa, Cass. Journ. Philad. iv. pi. 50. 



Terpsiphone melanogastra, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 441 ; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 309. 



Terpsiphone cristata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 354; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 124 (Shoa) ; Shelley, 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 577. 



Terpsiphone ferreti, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 353 

 (Masai). 



Hab. E. and W. Afinca, between about 16° N. lat. and 

 6° S. lat. 



" Frequents the shade of the high trees which grow along 



