396 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



Lanius minor. 

 (?. l.v.lO. 



The Lesser Grey Shrike was seen ia the open grass and 

 acacia country, singly or in pairs. It is not common. 

 Locality. Kibanga, in Uganda. 



Lanius mackinnoni. 



S 1-2 & imra. 28. ix. 10. 



This is not a common species. It is occasionally met 

 "with on the outskirts of forests and in the acacia-country. 



Young in the first plumage were taken in June. These 

 birds build their nests, fairly low down, in thorny bushes. 

 They are composed of rootlets and twigs, and lined with 

 fibres. The eggs are buff in ground-colour, spotted and 

 streaked with ash and grey-brown. Two are usually laid. 



Localities. Mubendi, Mahira, and Kyetema, in Uganda. 



Lanius senator senator. 

 S. 22.ii.14. 



A single specimen of this species, in full_, though soiled, 

 plumage, was shot in the forest. 

 Locality. Mabira^ in Uganda. 



Lanius collurio. 



c? & ? . 8. xii. 10 ; 12. ix. 14, 



A pair in adult, but worn_, plumage were shot in December 

 and September. 



Localities. Mabira and Katwe^ in Uganda. 



Corvinella corvina aflBnis. 



Corvinella corvina (Shaw) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. ii. 

 p. 629 [part.]. 



c? 1-2. 26.iv.ll ; 18.ii.l2. 



Nestling. 18. ii. 12. 



Not very common, they frequent the acacia-country. 

 A nest with four young was taken in February ; it was 

 composed of twigs and rootlets, lined with grass-fibre. The 

 young are very like the adults in the general scheme of 

 colouring. 



Localities. Nile Province and Ledgu's Camp, in Uganda. 



