378 Lieut. C. W. Mackwortli-Piued on [Il)is, 



Shelley, in the ' Birds of Africa/ prefers to recognize 

 only one form of this species, but gives eight races recognized 

 by Neumann. Zedlitz, in the J. f. O. 1915, gives fourteen 

 races. There seems to be diversity of opinion about the 

 generic name also : Shelley uses Tschayra, Zedlitz Harpo- 

 lesies, and other authors Telephonus. 



Dryoscopus cubla hainatus. 



Dryoscopus hainatus Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 10(5 [Unyam- 

 wesi]. 



Dryoscopus cubla humalus Shelley, B. Afr. v. pt. ii. 1912, 

 p. 349. 



(J? Tsavo River. 11th August. \Ving 77 mm. 

 ^. Thika. 31st August. ,, 84 mm. 



? . Ithanga Hills. 3rd October. „ 75 mm. 



Iris red ; bill black ; legs blue or slate-blue. 

 The Tsavo bird is probably wrongly sexed ; it is indis- 

 tinguishable from the female from the Ithanga Hills. 



Laniarius funebris. 



Dryoscopus funehris Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 105 

 [Meninga]. 



Laniarius funehris Shelley, B. Afr. v. pt. ii. 1912, p. 827. 



o . Tsavo River. 2nd August. Wing 86 mm. 



? . Tsavo Swam[). 7th August. „ 90 mm. 



Iris very dark brown : bill and legs black. 

 Common in the dry country. 



Laniarius aethiopicus. 



Turdus (elluopicus Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 824 

 [Abyssinia]. 



Laniarius atthiopicus ambiguus Madarasz, Ann. Mus. Nat. 

 Hung. ii. 1904, p. 205. 



? ad. Thika. 29th August. Wing 93 mm. 



Not uncommon ; the bell-like note at once attracts 

 attention. Lonnberg (K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. xlvii. No. 5, 

 p. 91) comes to the conclusion that the subspecies, based on 

 the amount of white on the wing, cannot be upheld. 



