532 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



41. DiCRURUS AFER. 



Dicrurus afer (Liclit.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 47, no. 646; 

 Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 166. 



Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 21 ; 

 1894, p. 18. 



Karonga, June. An adult female. 



42. Prionops talacoma. 



Prionops talacoma, Smith ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 49, 

 no. 666; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 21, 1894, p. 471. 



Nyika Plateau and lower down the mountain near Malosis 

 at 3000 ft., and on the shores of the lake south of Karonga, 

 June. One male and two females, all adult. 



43. Campophaga nigra. 



Campophaga nigra, Vieill. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 50, 

 no. 675 ; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 20, 1894, p. 18. 



Nyika Plateau ; Ukala village, on the same mountain at 

 3000 ft. ; and Songue, June and July. Two in the black, 

 four in the mottled dress. 



44. Fiscus collaris. 



Fiscus collaris (Linn.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 51, no. 693. 



Lanius collaris, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 19; 1894, p. 15. 



Kombi and Fort Hill (Masuku Range), July. Three adult 

 specimens, all labelled females, which I believe to be 

 incorrect, as the females of the genus Fiscus are always 

 distinguishable by having a chestnut patch on the flanks, 

 and none of these specimens have that mark. 



45. Fiscus sous^. 



Lanius sousoe (Bocage) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 52, no. 701 ; 

 Gadow, Cat. viii. p. 254. 



Nyika Plateau, June. An adult pair. These are the first 

 adult specimens I have seen. The tail is long and much 

 graduated, and the feathers are very narrow. The sexes 

 only differ in the females having the flanks chestnut, and the 

 species properly belongs to the genus Fiscus, where it was 

 flrst placed by Prof. Barboza du Bocage. This is, I believe, 

 the first record of the species being found beyond the limits 

 of the Portuguese colony of Beugucla. 



