65.2 Mr. D. A. Banuerman on Birds 



22. Camaroptera griseoviridis tincta. 



Syncopta tincta Cassin, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1855^ p. 325 : 

 Moonda River, Gaboon. 



a, b. S ad. (Nos. 1 & 2). Ninong, Manenguba Mts. 

 3&ll.vi.09. 



I have already given (p. 506) my reasons for considering 

 Cameroon and Gaboon examples of Camaroptera to be 

 referable to this race and not to typical C. griseoviridis. 



23. Bumesia leucopogon. 



Drymceca leucopogon Cab. Journ. fvir Oru. 1875^ p. 235 : 

 Chinchoncho, Loango. 



a, b. ^ ^ ad. (Nos. 1 & 2). Ninong, Manenguba Mts. 

 2 & 3. vi. 09. 



This species ranges from Cameroon to Angola. 



21. Laniarius major. 



Telephonus major Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 108 : Elmina, 

 Gold Coast. 



a. ? ad. (No. 3). Ninong, Manenguba Mts. 9. vi. 09. 



A single example of the West African Boubou was 

 obtained. This species ranges from Sierra Leone to 

 Cameroon, and, according to Mr. W. L. Sclater (Shelley, 

 Birds of Africa, v. pt. 2, p. 306), eastwards as far as the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal. 



25. Fiscus smithi. 



Cullurio smithi Eraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 16 : Cape 

 Coast Castle. 



a, b. S ^ ad. (Nos. 1 & 2). Ninong, Manenguba Mts. 

 10&12.vi.09. 



Dr. Reiclienow has described a Fiscal Shrike f^'om 

 Adamawa, Cameroon, under the name Fiscus humeralis 

 camerunensis, which is said to differ from F. smithi in having 

 the upper tail-coverts entirely grey like the rump, and the 

 outer tail-feathers with a very broad white outer margin. 

 One would expect the Manenguba bird to belong to this 

 race, but the upper tail-coverts are not entirely grey, being 

 tipped with black as in F. smithi. Moreover, in the two 



