RHODOPHONEUS CATHEMAGMENUS 395 
time utter two metallic notes such as might be produced by 
a child’s mouth-organ. During this pantomime they seem to 
be in a state of ecstasy, and may be approached within a few 
yards before they appear to be conscious of one’s presence.” 
He further writes (Ibis, 1898, p. 405): “We found this 
beautiful and most conspicuous Shrike plentiful from the 
Berbera Plains up to about 8,000 feet on Wagga Mountain.” 
Mr. Hawker procured specimens at Jifa Medir and Godgul, 
and writes (Ibis, 1899, p. 68): “This Bush-Shrike was very 
common all through Somaliland. It makes a great variety of 
calls and is a good ventriloquist. It can run very fast, and if 
one is winged it is almost impossible to catch it among the 
bushes.” 
Erlanger found a nest with three eggs near Gobele in 
Ennia Gallaland on May 26, 1900. It was well hidden in 
thick bush and was built of dry sticks and resembled that of 
a dove in its flat top and thinness. The eggs are not glossy, 
and in colour are pale green, spotted with earthy brown; they 
measure about 1'0 x O°. 
There is an extensive series of this species in the British 
Museum from various localities in Somaliland as follows :— 
Sheikh Hussein (L. Phillips and Gillett), Upper Sheikh 
(Drake, Brockman), Godgul (Hawker), Logh (Delamere), 
Bera, Hil Dab and Upper Sheikh (Hamerton), Waghar, 
Dubar, Burao (Bury). 
Rhodophoneus cathemagmenus. (PI. 54, figs. 2 and 3.) 
Laniarius cathemagmenus, Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 63 Loerw. 
Rhodophoneus cathemagmenus, Shelley, B. Afr. i. No. 761 (1896) ; 
Sharpe, Handl. B. iv. p. 293 (1903). 
Pelicinius cathemagmenus, Reichen. Vég. Afr. ii. p. 571 (1903). 
Adult male. Similar to the female of Z&. hilgerti, both in the shade of 
colouring of the upper parts and in the amount of the black gorget, but 
differing in the space between the gorget and the bill being rosy red, and the 
