in Uganda and on the Upj^er Congo. 289 



Hab. Ranging from Southern Abyssinia, through Niam- 

 Niam to Angola, and, according to Prof. Neumann, westwards 

 to Lake Mweru. 



It seems probable that the type of L. monteiri is a some- 

 what abnormal specimen and that the unusual development 

 of white on the lores, round the eye, and on the sides of the 

 neck is due to partial albinism. The type specimen, described 

 by Dr. Sharpe, was procured on the Rio Dande in North 

 Angola ; and there is also a specimen in the British Museum 

 from Caconda, a little further to the south. This second 

 specimen has the white confined to the lores, as is usual 

 among birds of this group, but in other respects it is per- 

 fectly similar to the type. Two specimens from Abyssinia 

 and one from Niam-Niam, which have been identified by 

 Professor Neumann as examples of his M. catharoxanthus, 

 are likewise perfectly similar, and the breast is of precisely 

 the same shade of yellow. The Niam-Niam specimen being 

 in freshly moulted plumage is naturally altogether brighter 

 than the more or less worn examples from Abyssinia and 

 Angola. 



The fact is that L. monteiri Sharpe is barely distin- 

 guishable from L. poliocephalus, for in some examples from 

 Senegambia the cinnamon wash on the breast is absent ; 

 while in the bird from Caconda, as well as in those from 

 Abyssinia, there are distinct traces of cinnamon on the sides 

 of the breast. 



(5) L. LAGDENI. 



Laniarius lagdeni Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 5J;, pi. v. 



Hab. Interior of the Gold Coast, Ruwenzori, and the 

 Mfumbiro Volcanoes. 



The type of this rare Bush-Shrike remained unique until 

 a second specimen was procured by Mr. Gerald Legge, on 

 Ruwenzori, at an altitude of 9000 feet. Subsequently a 

 third example, from the Mfumbiro Volcanoes, was sent to 

 the Tring Museum by Herr Grauer. 



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