obtained in British East Africa. 37 



No. 63. cJ ad. Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 18, 1892. Iris 

 crimson ; feet horn-blue ; bill black. 



136. Dryoscopus major. 



Laniarius major Hartl. Beitr. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 51, pi. 5 ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 54 (1896). 



Dryoscopus albifasciatus Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 598 (Mt. 

 Elgon). 



Dryoscopus major (Hartl.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 38 

 (Bukoba) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 163(1894: Usegua 

 N'guru) . 



Laniarius cethiopicus major O. Neum, J. f. O. 1899, p. 406 ; 

 op. cit. 1900, p. 270. 



No. 44. S ad. Ntebi, Oct. 2, 1895. 



Nos. 92, 93. S ? ad. Ravine, June 17, 1896. Iris dull 

 crimson ; bill black ; feet horn-blue. 



Nos. 161, 162. (^ $ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 8, 1896. 

 For the most part in pairs in thick bush. 



No. 216. (^ ad. Nandi, 8700 feet, Aug. 3, 1896. Bill 

 black, base horn-blue. 



Nos. 319, 320. c? ad. Kamassia, 6000 feet, Aug. 23, 1896. 



No. 402. ? ad. Ravine, Oct. 8, 1896. 



No. 555. c? ad. Ravine, March 25, 1897. Plentiful and 

 always in pairs. In thick bush. 



No. 656. ? ad. Ravine, July 16, 1897. 



No. 880. (? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 17, 1898. 



No. 944. cJ ad. Kakamega, Ichuku river, April 7, 1898. 



No. 1080. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 7, 1898. 



This fine Shrike is almost invariably found, in pairs, and 

 either in or on the outskirts of thick bush. Its cry may be 

 heard throughout the day in the localities it frequents, but can 

 scarcely be considered a call-note in the true sense of the 

 word, as the two birds are nearly always quite close together 

 when they give utterance to it. It has a beautiful bell-like 

 note. The cock bird repeats it three times, the hen only 

 once. I have several times watched them in the act of 

 calling. 



No. 1081. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 7, 1898. 



