148 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



92. Laniarius cruentus. 



Laniarius cruentus (Hempr. &Ehr.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. viii. p. 152 (1883) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 477; Lort 

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

 1899, p. 68. 



a. ? . Gobeyla, Somaliland, 11 December, 1898. (No. 2.) 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; Ipgs slate- colour. 



b. ? . Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 3.) 



c. ? . Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 

 (No. 220.) 



[Seen in Abyssinia only on the Hawash plains. Like 

 Lanius pomeranus, it belongs rather to the burnt-up foreshore 

 of Donkali and Somaliland than to the highlands of Abys- 

 sinia. — L.] 



93. Laniarius erythrogaster. 



Laniarius erythrogaster (Rlipp.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. viii. p. 154 (1883). 



a. ? . Famaka, Blue Nile, 6 May, 1899. (No. 497.) 



Iris yellow ; bill and legs black. 



[Very common along the Blue Nile, its fine double note, 

 with the "gurr^^ of the female, peculiarly harsh even for a 

 member of the Shrike family, at once betrays the presence 

 of this bird. — L.] 



94. NiLAUS AFER. 



Nilaus afer (Lath.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 169, 

 pi. V. fig. 2 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 136 

 (1884), & xxvi. p. 242 (1888). 



a. S- Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 

 (No. 225.) 



b. S. Wama, Abyssinia, 12 March, 1899. [No. 401.] 



a. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



b. Iris brown ; bill and legs dark slate-colour. 



[A rare bird, met with only on the two occasions when 

 specimens were procured. — L.] 



95. Lanius excubitorius. 



Lanius excubitorius Des Murs ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, 



