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a. ^ , Shonga : iris brown ; bill and feet dark horn-colour. 

 b. '^ , Shonga. 



29. Pycnonotus barbatus. 



Turdus barbatus, Desfont. Mem. de PAc. Roy. Sciences, 

 1787, p. 50, pi. 13. 



Ixos ashanteus et /, inornatus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 88. 



Pycnonotus barbatus, Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 353, pi. 142; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 146. 



a. $ , Shonga ; b. $ , Loko : iris and eye-ring brown, c. 

 $ y Lukoja : iris brown. 



30. DiCRURUS LUDWIGI. 



Dicrurus ludwigi, "Smith, Proc. S. Afr. Instit. 1834," 

 fide Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 34 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. 



a. $ , Shonga : iris bright red ; bill and legs black! 



The present bird is certainly identical with my specimens of 

 D. ludwiyi from Natal ; and I much doubt whether Dicrurus 

 atripennis, Swains. (B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 256, pi. 29), is 

 distinct from the D. ludwigi, Smith, 1834. 



31. Campophaga phcenicea. 



Ampelis phcenicea, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 367. 



Campophaga phcenicea, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 98; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 59. 



a. $ , Shonga : iris brown ; bill blackish, fading into flesh- 

 colour towards the base ; legs black. 



32. Lanius badius. 



Lanius badius, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 100, Gold Coast. 



Lanius rufus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 102, pt. L. badius. 



Lanius auriculatus, Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 407, pt.. Gold 

 Coast. 



a. (^ , Shonga, December : iris brown ; bill bluish black, 

 dull flesh-colour towards the base ; feet black, b. J* , Shonga : 

 iris brown ; bill bluish flesh-colour ; culmen and apex darker ; 

 legs blackish. 



These specimens agree perfectly with two others in my 

 own collection, from the Gold Coast, in having no white at 



