18/1.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF CAMEROONS. 611 



Fam. Laniid.e. 



42. Dryoscopus leucorhynchus. 



Dryoscopus leucorhynchus, Hartl. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 47. 



" Cameroons Mountains, February 1st and March 8th, 1871. 

 Iris brown." 



Two specimens, both with black bills. 



43. Laniarius hypopyrrhus. 



Laniarius hypopyrrhus (Verr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 49. 



" Cameroons Mountains. Iris grey." 



One specimen, agreeing exactly with the bird from Fantee sent by 

 Mr. Ussher. 



44. Laniarius multicolor. 



Laniarius multicolor, Gray ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 48. 



A specimen of a particoloured Shrike from the Cameroons Moun- 

 tains is sent by Mr. Crossley, which considerably puzzled me for some 

 time ; but I have at last referred it to the present species. The upper 

 surface of the body is precisely similar to other specimens in my col- 

 lection from Fantee ; but underneath the Cameroons bird has none of 

 that fiery crimson which characterizes the last named examples, but 

 is everywhere of a beautiful orange. I presume it may be a female. 



45. Nicator chloris. 



Nicator chloris (Val.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 49. 

 "Cameroons, February 2nd, 1871." 



Fam. Oriolid^e. 



46. Oriolus brachyrhynchus. 



Oriolus brachyrhynchus, Sw. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 54. 



Four specimens, collected on the Cameroons Mountains between 

 the 8th and 21st of February. I have no doubt that I was right in 

 joiuing O. baruffi to O. brachyrhynchus, as I did in my ' Catalogue,' 

 and not separating them as in my paper on the African Oriolidce 

 (Ibis, 1870, p. 227), though I expressed my doubts as to their specific 

 distinctness on the last-named occasion. 



Fam. Lamprotornithid^e. 



47. Lamprocolius purpureiceps. 



Lamprocolius purpureiceps, Verr. ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 119. 



"Cameroons Mountains, January 19th and 20th, 1871. Iris 

 brown." 



I had already received this species from Cameroons ; but, owing to 

 its being immature and having been preserved in spirits, M. Jules 

 Verreaux and I were unable to identify it properly, and we referred 

 it to L. cupreocauda (cf. Cat. Afr. B. p. 55). 



