obtained in British East Africa. 41 



139. Dryoscopus nandensis. (Plate II. fig\ 1.) 



Dryoscopus nandensis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 28 

 (Nov. 1900). 



Similis D. angolensi et pedibus rubentibus ; pileo nigro, 

 schistaceo induto, et rostro conspicue minore distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 6*5 poll.j culm. 0*8, alse 3"3, 

 caudae 2*75^ tarsi 0'9. 



No. 1253. <$ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 29, 1892. Iris 

 bright claret-colour, with fine inner ring of bright crimson ; 

 bill brownish black, with rather paler tip and edges horn- 

 white; feet flesh-colour, with a bluish shade. The first 

 example seen. It was creeping about in the thick foliage 

 of a tall tree. 



[This species is very closely allied to D. angolensis, of 

 which we have the type in the British Museum. It differs, 

 however, in its much smaller bill, which is horny white at 

 the tip, and it is of a somewhat clearer pearl-grey below, 

 with a white throat and abdomen. Mr. Oscar Neumann, in 

 his revision of the Laniarians (J. f. O. 1899, p. 410), has 

 placed D, angolensis in close proximity to D. gamhensis and 

 its allies. It seems to me, however, that it belongs to a 

 different section of the genus distinguished by the reddish 

 legs. The female, which I have not seen, is described by 

 Dr. Reichenow (J. f. O. 1896, p. 26) as having the " Fiisse 

 hellrotlich.'^— R. B. S.] 



140. Dryoscopus luehderi. 



Laniarius luehderi Reichenow, J. f. O. 1874, p. 101 ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 53 (1896) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1899, 

 p. 400. 



Dryoscopus coronatus Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 205, 

 pi. xxiii. fig. 2. 



Laniarius castaneiceps Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 445, 598 ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 53 (1896). 



Nos. 986, 987. S ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 13, 

 1898. Iris dull brown; bill black; feet horn-blue. First 

 seen. In thick bush in forest-belts. 



No. 990. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 15, 1898. 



No. 1009. ? ad. „ „ April 19, 1898. 



