150 Mr. \V. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



98. Lanius pomeranus. 



Lanius anricuJatus P. L. S. Miiller ; Gadow^ Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. viii. p. 283 (1883). 



Lanins pomeranus Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 68 [Soraalilaiul]. 



a. ? . Gadaburka, Abyssiuia, 21 January, 1899. 

 (No. 251.) 



Iris, bill, and legs brown. 



[The Woodebat-Slirike was met with in Abyssinia only on 

 the Hawash plain, though Ave had come across it in Western 

 Somaliland ; it was never seen at any great elevation. — L.] 



99. Bradyornis pallidus. 



Bradyornis pallidus (Miiller) ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 310 (1877). 



a. <$ . Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 340.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



This species was originally described by Miiller from 

 Abyssinia and Kordofan. The male collected at Arriro 

 agrees perfectly with the original description and with 

 examples in the British jMuseum from Bogos-land (Esler), 

 having the wing 3*75 and the tail 3"3 irches in length, 

 while the under wing-coverts, axiJlaries, inner margins of 

 the quills, vent, and under tail-coverts are of the same pale 

 vinaceous red. 



Birds from Lamu, Mombasa, and Dar-es-Salaam, as well 

 as those from Gosa and Langomeri, in Equatorial Africa 

 {Emin), also apparently belong to this species, but are some- 

 what smaller, as shown by tlie measurements of both the 

 wing and tail. A male has the wing 33, tail 2'6 inches ; 

 two females measure, wing 3*1, tail 2*7 inches. 



A number of birds from Zoraba, British Central Africa, 

 and other localities have been included in B. pallidus, but 

 this identification does not appear to be quite satisfactory. 



100. Bradyornis chocolatinus. 



Curruca chocolatina Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 37, pi. xiv. 

 (1845) [immature] . 



Muscicapa chocolatina Riipp, Syst. Uebers. p. 49, pi. xx. 

 (1845) [adult]. 



