19 18.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 633 



Rhodophoneus cruentus kordofanicus, subsp. nov. 



Three Rosy-patched Shrikes, two males and one female, 

 collected by Capt. W. H. Duuu, at Ogayeh Wells, in 

 western Kordofan, on 13 November 1902, are very much 

 paler than the typical race from the Red Sea littoral, and 

 certainly deserve recognition as a distinct race. 



Tlie colour of the upper side is very pale brownish grey as 

 opposed to the pale brown of the typical race ; this is also 

 the case with tlie region of the face behind the eye, which, 

 except that the ear-coverts are slightly tinged with brownish, 

 is almost entirely white. The measurements are apparently 

 identical. Measurements: cJ wing, 95 ; $,90mm. 



Types as above: (J, B.M. reg. no. 1903/2/4/5 ; ?, 

 1903/2/4/3. 



Laniarins aethiopicns aethiopicus. 



Laniarlus cethiopicus ((imel.) ; Sclater in Shelley's B. A. 

 V. p. 312 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 329. 

 [B. coll.] 1 Gallabat May, Kas. 



Laniarius athiopicus major. 



Laniarius major (Hartl.) ; Sclater in Shelley^s B. A. v. 

 p. 306. 



Laniarius athiopicus (uon Gmel.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, 

 p. 226, 1909, p. 80. 



[B. coll.] 1 Wau Jan., 3 Raffali Feb. E.G. 



[Chr. coll.] 5 Meridi Jan. Feb., 2 Yambio Mch., 1 Wau 

 July-Aug. E.G. ; 2 Yei Dec. L.E. 



The Boubou Shrike of the Bahr el Ghazal can at once be 

 distinguished from that of Kassala by the presence of a 

 white edging to the secondaries. 



The Boubou Shrike forms a well-defined group of sub- 

 species with fairly clearly marked characteristics. 



An examination of the specimens in the British Museum 

 leads us to the following conclusions as to the races : — 



L. M. iETHioPicus (Gmel.). White of the wing extending 

 over the primary and secondary coverts ; no white on the 

 secondaries. 



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