598 ]Mi-. VV. R. Ogil vie- Grant on 



The Buflf-mautled Black Titmouse was met with on the 

 Gudr River in April, at Kindjo in Jimma iu May, and in 

 the vicinity of i^ddis Abbaba in October and November. On 

 Mergeta Mountain near Addis Alam it was found to be 

 numerous above 10,000 feet, but on the lower ground the 

 species appears to be but thinly distributed and rather scarce. 

 In soaie specimens killed in October and November the 

 feathers of the mantle are very light in colour, nearly white ; 

 at that season the birds are in moult and the worn feathers 

 are being replaced by fresh ones of a pale buff colour. 

 Specimens from Jimma killed iu May are also in full moult. 

 It would thus seem as though this species undergoes two 

 moults, one in autumn and one in early summer. 



Family LaniidjE. 



118. Imxius nubicus. 



Lunius nubicus Licht. : Ogilvie-Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. 

 p. 464 (1902). 



Fiscus nubicus Shelley & Sclater^ B. Afr. v. pt. ii. p. 244 

 (1912). 



A few examples of the Nubian Shrike were met with near 

 Lakes Helene and Zwai between December and February. 

 Shelley and Sclater have included this species, which is a 

 true Shrike, in the genus Fiscus, an arrangement which 

 certainly appears to be a mistake. The female of L. nubicus 

 is generally browner than the male and lacks the rust-red or 

 chestnut patch of feathers on either flank, a character 

 always found in the females of the various species of 

 Fiscus. 



119. Lanius isabellinus. 



Lanius isabellinus Hempr. & Ehr. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Nov. 

 Zool. IX. p 482 (1902). 



Otomela isabellina Shelley & Sclater, B. Afr. v. pt. ii. 

 p. 293 (1912). 



A male of the Pale Red-tailed Shrike was procured at 

 Lake Zwai in January. 



