obtained in Somaliland. 405 



No. 42. ?. Sheikh, Jan. 28, 1897. Iris brown. ' 



No. 68. S- „ „ }y >, j> 



No. 181. i. Wagga, Feb. 24, „ „ „ 



No. 261. S- Goolis foot-hills, Mar. 18, ,, „ 

 No. 265. S • „ ,y „ „ „ yy 



Met with singly, and generally seen perched on the top- 

 most branch of a bush, like L. antinorii. 



S6. Laniarius cruentus (H. & E.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 77. 



Berbcra Plain, Jan. 24, 1897. Iris brown. 

 Sheikh, Feb. 1, 



Wagga, Mar. 5, „ 



We found this beautiful and most conspicuous Sin-ike 

 plentiful from the Berbera Plain up to about 8000 ft. on 

 Wagga Mountain. Like several other Bush-Shrikes, it is 

 always met with in pairs, the females with their black chests 

 being the handsomer of the two. 



37. Dryoscopus iETHiopicus (Gm.) ; Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 478. 



Nos. 205, 206. ^ ? . Wagga, Mar. 2, 1897. Iris light 

 hazel. 



This Bush-Shrike was fairly plentiful and was invariably 

 met with in pairs, the two birds spending most of their time 

 in playing at hide and seek and going through ridiculous 

 antics, similar to those of Laniarius cruentus. Its note is 

 very melodious. 



38. Telephonus jamesi Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 403, pi. x. 

 fig. 2j Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 479. 



No. 291 . S • Goolis foot-hills, Mar. 23, 1 897. Iris hazel. 



This Shrike is far from plentiful. I only met with it 

 on two occasions during the expedition — once on Wagga 

 Mountain, about 7000 ft. above the sea, and once at the base 

 of the Goolis. In 1895 I did not obtain a single specimen, 

 and only one was procured by Dr. Donaldson Smith. 



