638 Messrs. Ogilvic-Grant and Reid on Birds 



95. Drvoscopus /Exaiopicus. 



Dnjoscopus (Ethiopicus (Gmel.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 147. 



a, ^ . Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 22nd Nov. No. 91. 



Iris brown; bill black; legs slate-coloured. 



[The Ethiopian Bush-Shrike is found in all rocky places 

 where the bush is thick, such as the margins of a river-bed 

 where there is jungle and cliff. Its note was perhaps the most 

 attractive of any that I heard, being round, full, metallic, and 

 bell-like, in two cadences. It was answered immediately by 

 the female with a guttural hiss. Though frequently heard, the 

 birds are not easy to detect unless you sit down in hiding and 

 wait for them to emerge, when they will come and inspect 

 you.— A. E. P.] 



96. Dryoscopus malzacii. 



Dryoscopus gamhensis (Licht.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 viii. p. 146 (1883) (part.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 147. 



Malaconotus malzacii Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 34. 



Dryoscopus malzacii (Heuglin) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 1899, 

 pp. 411, 412. 



Dryoscopus malzacii erythrem Neumann, J. f. O. 1899, 

 p. 412. 



a, b. (? et J imm. Tadejemulka, S. Abyssinia, 23rd Dec. 

 Nos, 293 & 294. 



c. ? . Alaga, S. Abyssinia, 25th Feb. No. 571. 



d. (J. Katyinwaha, S. Abyssinia. 1st Mar. No. 651. 



e. ? . Moulou River, S. Abyssinia, 15th Mar. No. 684. 

 Adult. Iris bright red ; bill black, lower mandible slate- 

 coloured ; legs slate-coloured. 



Immature. Iris brown ; bill and legs dark slate-coloured. 



Mr. Neumann has very properly pointed out {op. cit.) that 

 the true Dryoscopus ga^nbensis (Licht.), from Senegambia, is 

 a species very distinct from D. malzacii, the type of which 

 comes from the White Nile. The females of the two forms 

 are quite distinct, and the males, though alike in plumage, 

 could probably be distinguished from one another by the 

 larger size of the bill in D. gambensis. We cannot, however, 

 agree Avith Mr. Neumann in recognising- " D. malzacii 



