266 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Laniarius blanchoti. (Grant & Reid, p. 639.) 

 The female has the dark cinnamon colour on the breast 

 much more developed than in the male. 

 a. ? . Billen, 1st February. No. 172. 

 h. <J. Hara, Lake Zwai, 5th March. No. 223. 



Laniarius poliocephalus subsp. gatharoxanthus. 

 Malaconotus catharoxanthus, Neumann, J. f. O. 18!)!), 

 p. 391. 



The male from Hiressa seems to bear out the differences 

 ascribed to this form by Mr. Neumann. It differs from the 

 scries of typical L. poliocep/ialus from West Africa in having 

 the under parts uniform bright yellow, without any trace of 

 the cinnamon wash on the breast usually characteristic of the 

 latter. 



</. g . Hiressa, 19th June. No. 366. 



Nilaus aper. (Grant & Reid, p. 641.) 

 a. <?. Goubre, 9th May. No. 325. 



Nilaus minor. (Grant & Reid, p. 611 

 a. £ . Oda, 27th January. No. 153. 



LANIUS DEALBATUS. 



Lanius dealbatus, Defilippi ; Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 458, 

 pi. xxvii. fig. 9 (1902). 



A voung bird with the plumage of the upper parts sandy 

 grey. 



a. $ vix ad. Buggali, 3rd March. No. 214. 



Iris dark hazel ; upper mandible horn-coloured, lower 

 greyish ; feet grey. 



Lanius excubitorius. 



Lanius excubitorius, Grant & Reid, p. 611; Grant, Nov. 

 Zool. ix. p. 169 (1902). 



a. $. Billen, 31st January. No. 167. 



b, c. 3 . Duhome, 25th February. Nos. 210, 211. 



Lanius nubicus. 



Lanius nubicus, Grant, p. 119; id. Nov. Zool. ix. p. 461 



(1902). 

 a. S • Billen, 31st January. No. 162. 



