234 ON BIRDS FROM THE CONGO 



89. L a n i a r i u s pol i o c e p h a I u s (Licht.). 



Laniarius poliocephalus , Sharpe , Birds S. Afr. p. 387. 

 Meristes olivaceus, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 2-35. 



An adult female, 13 April, Muhino (Huilla). 

 Iris red , bill black , feet pale bluish gray. 



90. Laniarius a t r o c o c c i n e ii s (Burch .). 



Laniarius atrococcineus , Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 389; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 226. 



Two adult females; 16 March, Otjipahé, 8 August, 

 Calculavar. 



Iris dark brown (in one specimen gray !), bill and feet 

 black. 



91. Dryoscopus guttatus, Hartl, 



Dryoscopus guttatus, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 391. 

 Dryoscopus neglectus, Boc. Orn. d'Aag. p. 230. 



Two adult males , collected in February and May , on 

 the Kasinga River. 



Both specimens have the whole lower surface pure white 

 and no white tips to the tail-feathers. In the latter spe- 

 cimen the white longitudinal band on the wing is formed 

 by only two white-edged secondaries, while in the first 

 there is a third secondary, though only on the basal half, 

 edged with white. 



Iris dark brown , bill and feet black. 



92. Dryoscopus c uh I a (Levaill.). 



Laniarius cubla, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 392. 

 Dryoscopus cuhla, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 227. 



Six specimens, adult and young males and females, col- 

 lected from December to May , on the Kasinga- and Um- 

 bella Rivers, and at Otjipahé near Huilla. A young male, 

 collected in February, has the general color on the upper 

 surface brown , a superciliary band from front to above 

 the eye white , varied with blackish , a loral patch brown , 

 the feathers of the crown largely tipped with white, hind 



JSTotes trom th.e Leyden M.useu.rxi , "V ol. X. 



