402 Capt. a. E. Shelley on a 



tion of the type of L. antinorii (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 255) . 

 The present species has been overlooked in that vokime. 



" Only met ■with on the tableland^ "where they appeared to be 

 fairly plentiful. Female — iris brown^ bill and legs black. ^' 



26. Dryoscopus ruficeps^ sp. n. (Plate X. fig. 1.) 

 Forehead and sides of the crown black ; crown and nape 



very bright rufous ; a broad white eyebrow extends over 

 the sides of the forehead to behind the ear-coverts ; lores, 

 cheeks^ ear-covertS; and sides of the neck black ; remainder 

 of the upper parts black, partially washed with grey towards 

 the neck and lower back ; a broad white longitudinal band 

 down the wing, formed by the greater portion of the median 

 series of wing-coverts and the broad white edges to about 

 three of the middle secondaries; the lower back is strongly 

 mottled with white ; outer web of the tail broadly edged with 

 white, and the three pairs of outer tail-feathers have broad 

 white tips; entire underparts white, very faintly tinted with 

 rufous on the flanks and thighs ; under wing-coverts white, 

 with the outer ones near the edge of the wing black, and a 

 large dusky patch ; under surface of the quills black, broadly 

 edged with white on their inner webs towards their base ; 

 iris brown; bill black; legs dark grey. Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0*7, wing 3, tail 3*4, tarsus I'lS. 



Hab. Somali-land. 



" Shot on the 2nd of January and seen on a few occasions 

 afterwards. Iris brown, bill black, feet grey." 



27. Laniarius cruentus. 



Lanius cruentus, Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. 1828, fol. c, 

 pi. 3. 



Laniarius cruentus, Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 247 (Somali) ; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 354; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. viii. p. 152. 



Dryoscopus cruentus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 462. 



Hab. E. Africa, from about 15° N. lat. to Somali-land. 



" Rather scarce : only seen on the plateau. Male — iris 

 brown, bill black, legs grey."" 



