from the Tanganyika Plateau. 369 



13. Xanthophilus xanthops. 



This and the following four species are common and 

 generally dis^tributid throughout Nyasaland. The specimens 

 have no exact localities attached to them, 



14. Hyphantornis nigkiceps. 



15. Oriolus notatus. 



16. Oriolus larvatus. 



17. PhoLIDAUGES ViiRREAUXI. 



18. Graucalus pectoralis. 

 Fort Hill. 



19. Piscus sous^. 



Fiscus sousce Shelley, Ibis, 1897, p. 532 (Nyika Plateau). 

 This is the third specimen of this species that we have 

 received from British Central Africa. 



20. NiLAUS NIGRITEMPORALIS. 



This Shrike, and the three that follow, are common in 

 Nyasaland. 



21. Laniarius mosambicus. 

 Fife. 



22. Dryoscopus cubla. 

 Ikawa. 



23. Telephonus senegalus. 



24. Telephonus minor. 

 Karonga. 



This is the first record of the species from Nyasaland. 

 The most southern and western range known for this species 

 is Tete, on the Zambesi, where Sir John Kirk collected two 

 specimens, vYhich are now in the British Museum. Hence 

 it ranges north to the Equator, where Mr. F. J. Jackson met 

 with it at Elgeyo. 



25. Malaconotus manningi, sp. nov. (Plate V.) 

 Crown, back of neck, and upper back entirely uniform 



dark g^ey ; a broad black band covers the forehead, sides of 

 head and ear-coverts, and reaches halfway down the sides of 



