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Telophonus seneg alus. 



Lanius senegalus, Linn. S. N. I. p. 137 (176oj. 



Laniiis erythropterus , Shaw, Gen. Zool. VIL p. 30L 



Telephonus senegalus & erythropterus , Hartl. Orn. W. Air. 

 p. 105 & 106. 



Telephonus erythropterus, F. & Hartl. Vög. Ost Afr. p. 

 336; — Boc. Orn. d'Angola, p. 223. 



Telophonus senegalus , Gadow , Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VIII. 

 p. 124. 



Hab. West and East of tropical Africa. 



Collected on the Island of Gambia, in the estuary of 

 the Grand Cape Mount River. 



This bird is a regular inhabitant of the small bosquets 

 and the so-called wild peach-trees {Anona senegalensis) with 

 which the grassy plains are interspersed. In its habits it 

 resembles much our Red-backed Shrike. 



Iris and bill black , feet lead-color. 



Nicator chloris. 



Tchagra chloris, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 373. 



Laniarius ,peli (Bonap.) , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 109. 



Nicator chloris, F. & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. p. 360; — Gadow , 

 Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VIII. p. 166. 



Hab. West Africa, from Senegambia to the Congo, 



Collected at Bavia and in the Mountain of Grand Cape 

 Mount. 



This species is an inhabitant of high forest. We found 

 it tolerably common along the St. Paul's, but rarer in 

 the district of Grand Cape Mount. 



h'is brown , bill black , feet and claws lead-color. 



Dry Scopus gambensis. 

 Lanius gambensis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 48. 



Notes from the Leyden Mluseuira , Vol. VII. 



