Birds from Southern Abyssinia. 601 



cannot see any reason for regarding JS. minor as a subspecies 

 of iV. afer. 



12G. NiLAUS AFER. 



Nilaus ofer (Lath.) ; Erlanger, J. f. O. 1905, p. 691 ; 

 Shelley & Sclater, B. Afr. v. pt. ii. p. 456 (1912). 



Ni/aus afer hilgerti Neumann, J. f. O. 1907, p. 362. 



The Northern Brubru was procured at Bourka, about 

 Lake Zwai, and at Kambata, between September and 

 February. These southern Abyssinian birds have been 

 separated by Professor Neumann under the name N. a- 

 hilgerti on account of the supposed darker, broader, and 

 more confluent chestnut markings down the sides of the 

 body ; the character is, however, a very variable one, as is 

 proved by the series before me. 



127. Laniarius funebris. 



Laniarius funebris (Hartl.) ; Shelley & Sclater, B. Afr. v. 

 pt. ii. p. 327 (1912). 



Laniarius funebris rothschildi Neumann, J. f. O. 1907, 

 p. 595. 



A male of the Slate-coloured Bush-Shrike was procured at 

 Konso in August, and a female at Baku in July. These 

 two specimens are typical examples of L. f. rothschildi 

 Neumann, and tliey appear to be quite indistinguishable 

 from typical L. funebris from German East Africa. The 

 type-specimen of L. funebris was procured at Meninga 

 on the Gonibe River, about 200 miles east of Lake 

 Tanganyika. 



128. Laniarius ^tiiiopicus. 



Laniarius cethiopicus (Gmel.) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, 

 p. 222 ; Erlanger, J. f. O. 1905, p. 697; Shelley & Sclater, 

 B. Afr. v. pt. ii. p. 312 (1912). 



The Ethiopian Bush- Shrike was procured in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Addis Abbaba, in October and November ; in 

 Arussi, at Bourka, and in the neighbourhood of Lake Koya 

 and Lake Zwai, in January and February ; and to the 

 north-east of Lake Hudolf, in July. 



