234 Capt, G. E. Shelley on Birds from the 



23. Tarsiger johnstoni. 



Pogonocichla johnstoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 18; 1894, 

 p. 14. 



Milanji, Oct. Two specimens. 



As the African genus Pogonocichla (Cab. 1847) cannot be 

 separated from the Asiatic genus Tarsiger (Hodgs. in Gray's 

 Zool. Miscell. 1844, p. 83), the name T. orientalis for an 

 African species is an unfortunate one. 



24. Terpsiphone perspicillata. 



Terpsiphone perspicillata (Swains.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 18, 1894, p. 15 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 149. 

 Zomba. One specimen. 



25. Pelicinius bertrandi. 



Laniarius bertrandi, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, pp. 15, 469, pi. 2. 

 fig. 2. 



Milanji. One adult male. 



It appears to me that the genus Pelicinius (Boie, Isis, 



1826, p. 973, with the type P. giitturalis) comprises a distinct 



little group of seven Bush-Shrikes, and belongs to the section 



with the upper parts mostly green, which I propose to 



arrange as follows : — 



Type. 



Pelicinius, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 973 ... P. giitturalis. 



Chlorophoneus , Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 7 



(1850) P. rubiginosus. 



Archolestes, Cab. t. c. p. 71 P. olivaceus. 



Neolestes, Cab. J. f. O. 1875, p. 327, pi. 1. 



fig. 1 P. torquatus. 



Key to the Genera of green-backed Bush- Shrikes. 



a. "Wings with no yellow tips to the secondaries ; 



generally with a black gorget 1. Pelicinius. 



b. Wings with yellow tips to the secondaries ; never 



with a black gorget. 



a' . Breast yellow or olive 2. Malacojiotus. 



b'. Breast ashy white 3. Nicator. 



