302 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a 



Dryoscopus funebris (Hartl.). 



Dryoscopus funebris Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 406. 



Laniarius funebris Reich, ii. p. 574 (1903). 



a. ? . Dubar, 28th May, 1905. 



b-o. (J ? . Waghar, 29th June-30th Nov., 1905. 



p-s. S ? • Burao, 23rd Feb.-29th Dec, 1906. 



Iris pale blue ; bill black ; legs black ; feet black, washed 

 with grey. 



[Found in dense bush ; it has a curious metallic gong- 

 like note.— G. W. B.~] 



Dryoscopus vEthiopicus (Gmel.). 



Dryoscopus cethiopicus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 405. 



Laniarius at hiopicus Reich, ii. p. 577 (1903). 



a-l. g ? et <$ 2 imm. Waghar, 27th June-30th Aug., 

 1905. 



Bill black, slate-coloured at the base of the lower mandibles 

 in the male; legs and feet pale slate-coloured. 



Laniarius cruentus (Hempr. & Ehrenb.). 



Pelicinius cruentus Reich, ii. p. 570 (1903). 



a - c . g $ et ? juv. Dubar, 21st May-5th June, 1905. 



d-g. j ? et S ? imm. Waghar, 3rd Aug.-4th Sept., 

 1905. 



h-w. <$ ? . Burao, 11th Nov., 1905 -22nd March, 1906. 



Mr. Bury obtained a very fine series of this Crimson- 

 breasted Bush-Shrike. 



Laniarius appkoximans Cab. 



Laniarius approximans Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 287. 



Malaconotus olivaceus hypopyrrhus Reich, ii. p. 602 

 (1903). 



a. ? . Waghar, 30th Aug., 1905. 



Iris pale yellow ; bill dark slate-coloured (almost black) ; 

 legs and feet pale slate-coloured ; toes dark slate-coloured. 



This individual is an example of the race which Prof. Neu- 

 mann has separated from the East- African form (L. approxi- 

 mans) under the name of Malaconotus polio cephalus schoanus. 

 The difference is purely a matter of size, the wing of the 

 present specimen measuring 4"7 inches, whereas in the wing 

 of a typical Abyssinian bird it measures 4-2-4*3 inches. 



