290 My. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



Laxiarius major Hartl. 



Laniarius major Reich, ii. p, 580 (1903). 



No. 5112. a. $ . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 2800 ft., 29th Dec. 



Iris reddisli-brown ; bill black ; feet grey. 



This example of the Greater Bush-Shrike has two of tlie 

 innermost secondary quills margined externally with white ; 

 the outer pair of tail-feathers are very narrowly bordered all 

 round and narrowly tipped with white. 



Laniarius dohertyi Rothsch. 



Laniarius dohertyi Rothsch. Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 52 (1901). 



No. 5045. a. (J. Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 7000 ft., 

 24th Nov. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet grey. 



No additional specimens of this beautiful Bush-Shrike 

 had been procured since the species was first observed on the 

 Mau Escarpment by the late Mr. W. Doherty. Its discovery 

 on the Mfumbiro Volcanoes is therefore of great interest. 

 Mr. Carruthers tells me that he found it in very thick 

 undergrowth and that it had a fine flute-like note. 



Dryoscopus affinis (G. R Gray). 



Dryoscopus ajfims Reich, ii. p. 590 (1903). 



No. 5203. a. S • Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 18th Feb. 



Iris bright orange ; bill black ; feet grey. 



The male of this Puff-back Shrike is similar to the specimen 

 in the British Museum which is said to be the type of 

 Hapalophus affinis G. R. Gray, and to have come Irom 

 Zanzibar. It shews slight traces of white at the base of 

 some of the shorter scapulars. Dr. Reichenow describes 

 this species as having the scapulars mixed with white, but 

 this is certainly not always the case among East-African 

 birds, and it would seem as though the absence or presence 

 of white was a variable character of secondary importance. 

 The type of D. affinis does not appear to differ from the 

 West- African form distinguished as D. senegalensis (Hartl.) 

 by Reichenow. Possibly the females of this latter form 



