362 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [June 18, 
t.c. p. 355; Fisch. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 349; id. J. f. O. 
1885, p. 129; Shelley, P. Z.S. 1885, p. 225; Rchw. J. f.O. 1887, 
p- 63; Matsch. ¢. c. p. 153; Schal.t. ¢. p. 239; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, 
p. 292. 
3. Teita, June. 9. Useri river, July 14. 
35. LANIARIUS SULFUREIPECTUS. 
Laniarius sulfureipectus (Less.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 580; 
Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 159; Rehw. J. f. O. 1887, p. 63 ; 
Matsch. ¢. ¢. p. 153; Shelley, P. Z.S. 1888, p. 25; id. Ibis, 1888, 
». 301. 
Cilorophoneus sulfureipectus, Bohm, J. f.O. 1883, p. 184; Fisch. 
Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 349; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 130. 
3. Taveta, August 18. 
36. LANIUS CAUDATUS. 
Lanius caudatus,Cab.; Shelley, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 579 ; Gadow, Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 254; Bohm, J. f. O. 1883, p. 187; Fisch. 
Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 344; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 225 ; id. 
Ibis, 1888, p. 301. 
Fiscus caudatus, Schal. J. f. O. 1883, p. 357 ; Fisch. J. f. O. 1885, 
p- 131. 
Juv. Useri river. 
37. XENOCICHLA NIGRICEPS, 0D. Sp. 
Adult male. General colour above yellowish olive, passing into 
dusky grey on the back of the neck and nape, and then into brown- 
ish black on the crown and forehead ; eyes surrounded by a broadish 
band of ashy-white feathers ; cheeks and ear-coverts dusky grey 
with paler centres; wing-coyerts yellowish olive like the back ; quills 
brown, strongly washed with yellowish olive on the outer webs; tail 
olive-brown washed with vellow, slightly browner than the back; 
chin, throat, and front half of the breast ashy grey ; abdomen, flanks, 
and under tail-coverts rather bright olive-yellow ; centre of the breast 
slightly washed with yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale 
yellow, barely shaded with olive; under surface of the quills 
dusky black, their inner margins broadly edged with whitish yellow. 
Bill black ; legs slaty grey. Total length 6°7 inches, culmen 0°65, 
wing 3°7, tail 3°3, tarsus 1:0. 
Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 
7 inches, culmen 0°6, wing 3°53, tail 3°4, tarsus 0°9. 
3 Q. Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., August. 
Compared with XY. tephrolema, this species has the bill rather 
shorter and the culmen slightly more curved; it resembles that 
species in size, colouring of the back, wings, and tail, and like it has 
the head and neck grey; but the crown in the present species is 
much darker, being nearly black. In X. tephrolema the pale grey 
of the throat is of less extent, and the crop, entire body, and under 
tail-coverts are deep yellow shaded with olive. 
