from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 147 



89. Dryoscopus funebris. 



Dryoscopus funebris Hartl. ; Gaclow^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 viii. p. 133 (1883) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 478; I^ort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 406 [N. Somaliland] . 



a. Ad. Ketchen Waha, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. 

 (No. 202.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[Like the rest of the Bush -Shrikes, this bird is seldom seen. 

 It was never observed west of Addis Abbeba. — L.] 



90. Dryoscopus .ethiopicus. 



Dryoscopus athiopicus (Gm.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 viii. p. 139 (1883); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 478; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 405 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 69. 



a. ^ . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 

 (No. 176.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark slate-colour. 



[The note of this bird meets the Abyssinian traveller's 

 ears every day. The double call-note is caused by the male 

 and the answering female, the call and reply being so rapid 

 that unless one actually has both birds in sight one would 

 hardly imagine that the reply of the female could be so 

 instantaneous. In addition to the call-note, the male 

 whistles an octave on a descending scale, and the female 

 utters the " gurr " typical of the Shrike family. I am aware 

 that this explanation of the double note of Dryoscopus athi- 

 opicus is opposed to the observations of Riippell and Blan- 

 ford, but I state what I have myself observed. — L.] 



91. Dryoscopus gambensis. 



Drt/oscoptis gambensis (Licht.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 viii. p. 146 (1883) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 478. 



a. S ■ Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 22.) 



b. ? . Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No. 348.) 



c. ? . Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No, 349.) 



d. S • JNIaritchi, Abyssinia, 22 March, 1899. (No. 441.) 



e. Ganti, Abyssinia, 28 March, 1899. (No. 457.) 



/. S . Mendi, Abyssinia, 28 April, 1899. (No. 488.) 

 Iris red ; bill black ; legs slate-colour. 

 [A bush-haunting bird. Very widely distributed. — L.] 



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