in Uyanda and on the Upper Conijo. 287 



form in the British Museum from Lorenzo Marques, Mozam- 

 bique, East Africa, Uganda, Wadelai, tlie Niger, Ashauti, 

 and Sierra Leone. 



It must, however, be uoted that most of the male birds 

 from the last-named locality have the yellow on the breast 

 rather brighter than those from the east coast. 



Laniarius poliocephalus Licht. 



No. 5128. a. ? . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 4000 ft., 

 3rd Jan. 



Iris orange ; bill black ; feet blue-grey. 



This Grey-headed Bush-Shrike was shot whilst feeding its 

 young. 



The identification of the bird procured by Mr. Carruthers 

 has obliged me to re-examine all the yellow-breasted forms 

 of this section of the genus, often kept separate under the 

 name of Malaconotus. 



Of the yellow-breasted forms, I am able to recognise four 

 or possibly five species, which may be distinguished as 

 follows : — 



A. "White patch iu front of the eye ; throat 



yellow. 

 «'. With the upper part of the breast bright 



chestnut-brown L. approximans. 



b' . With the upper part of the breast rich 



cinnamon-brown L. hypopyrrhus. 



c . With the upper part of the breast usually 



faintly washed with cinnamon L. poliocephalus. 



d'. With the uuderparts entirely bright yellow. L. monteiri. 



B. No white patch in front of the eyes ; throat 



orange-yellow L. laydeni. 



(1) L. approximaxs. 



Archolestes approximans Cab. in v. d. Decken, Reisen Ost- 

 Afr. iii. p. 27 (1869). 



Malaconotus poliocejjhalus schoanus Neum. Orn. Mouatsb. 

 xi. p. 90 (1903). 



Malaconotus olivaceus hjpopyrrhus Reich, (nee Hartl.) 

 ii. p. 602 (1903). 



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