16 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



Sclater, R.E., the Chief of Mr. Johnston's Staff, who 

 visited the Milanji Hills in 1891 and 1892. See his article 

 on routes and districts in Nyasaland (Journ. R. Geogr. Soc. 

 1893, p. 403). 



108. Laniarius sulphureipectus. 



Laniarius sulphureipectus (Less.) ; Shelley, 1. c. p. 20. 

 Zomba,.July, Oct. 



109. Laniarius poliocephalus. 



Laniarius poliocephalus (Licht.) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr, 

 pp. 387, 842; Gadow, Cat. viii. p. 156. 



Zomba, Sept. to Nov. ; Upper Shire River, Nov. 



110. Nicator gularis. 



Nicator gularis, Finsch & Hartl. ; Gadow, Cat. viii. p. 167. 

 Laniarius gularis, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 390. 

 Tshiromo, Sept. 



111. Dryoscopus cubla. 



Dryoscopus cubla (Shaw); Shelley, 1. c. p. 20. 

 Zomba, July, Aug., Sept., Nov., Jan. 



112. Dryoscopus mossambicus. 



Dryoscopus major mossambicus, Fischer & Reichen. J. f. O. 

 1880, p. 141. 



Dryoscopus sticturus, Shelley (nee Fiusch & Hartl.), 1. c. 

 p. 20. 



Zomba, Aug., Oct., Nov., Feb. ; Milanji Plains, Aug. ; 

 Tshiromo, Sept. 



A large series of this form, in which, without exception, 

 the white on the secondaries is confined to two of the 

 wing-feathers. It is therefore, as I consider, separable from 

 D. sticturus, Finsch & Hartl., of which the type is one of 

 Chapman's specimens from Lake Ngami with white on three 

 of the secondaries. This appears to be the common character 

 of all specimens met with south of the Zambesi and Quanza 

 rivers, but of very rare occurrence in examples from further 

 north. 



As regards this species and its allies. Dr. Hartlaub and 

 Dr. Reichenow have given much attention to the subject, but 



