Birds from Camaroon. 3'29 



Nos. 152, 970. S juv., ? ad. Efulen, May 20, 1903, 

 July 26, 1905. 



Nos. 790, 800. S juv. ; 878, 944. ? ad. Efulen, June 16 

 to July 20, 1905. 



Nos. 1906, 1100. (J: 1101. ?. Zima Country, Oct. 9- 

 10, 1905. 



Nos. 1396, 1560. S ? ad. River Ja, Feb. 8, 1906. 



[This Shrike seems to spend most o£ its time sitting 

 motionless, but in plain sight, on a twig, or on a bush in a 

 clearing. Sometimes it is seen to pounce down suddenly on 

 the ground, probably to catch an insect or a frog, for I have 

 found frogs' bones in the stomach of one. 1 have never seen 

 it in the forest. — G. L. B.] 



Malaconotus gabonensis. 



Malaconotus gabonensis Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 434; Sharpe 

 Hand-1. B. iv. p. 289 (1903). 



Malaconotus lessoni (nee Salvad.) ; Reichenow, t. c. p. 604 

 (1903). 



Malaconotus cruentus gabonensis Neum. Orn. MB. xi. 

 pp. 87, 89 (1903). 



a. ? imm. Efulen, Jan. 17, 1902. ^^Eko." 



Feb. 21, 1902. "tkoloX." 

 „ March 6, 1902. 



April 3, 1902. 

 „ June 25, 1902. 



Nos. 1000, 1022. S ? ad. Efulen, August 4, 9, 1905. 



No. 1340. c? juv. River Ja, Jan. 22, 1906. 



Nos. 1581, 1621. ? ad. River Ja, March 21-28, 1906. 



No. 2006. S ad. Bitje, River Ja, Oct. 27, 1906. 



The adult females seem to be exactly like the males so 

 that the birds which are paler and more orange below can 

 only be examples of individual variation. Dr. Reichenow 

 mentions such a pale-coloured individual, and the specimen 

 procured by Crossley in Camaroon is also much paler 

 in colour than Mr. Bates's series. It has a ])aler and 

 more brownish bill, which, I think, would indicate im- 

 maturity. 



