1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 579 



collected by Dr. Hildebrandt at Ndi, and by Dr. Fischer at Mombas 

 and Muniuui. 



80. Lanius caudatus. 



Lanius caudatus. Cab., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 330 

 Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 226 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 259 

 Fischer, torn. cit. p. 2/6; id. J. f. O. 18/9, pp. 294, 302, 303 

 Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 347 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 126. 



Lamo ; Melinda ; Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species is apparently confined to East Africa, where it ranges 

 from Lamo to Dar-es-Salaam. 



81. Lanius collurio. 



Lanius collurio, Linn., Finsch & Hartl, Vog. Ostafr. p. 331 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 172, 180 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 



1878, p. 259. 



Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. 



The Red-backed Shrike ranges throughout the whole of North, 

 East, and South Africa, but has not yet been recorded from the west 

 coast. 



82. Telephonus erythropterus. 



Tele-pUonus erythropterus (Shaw), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 336; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 714; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 357 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 259 ; Fischer, torn, 

 cit. p. 276 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 287, 303 ; Fischer & Reichenow, 

 torn. cit. p. 347. 



Pomatorhynchus erythropterus, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 224. 



Lamo ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. 



This species inhabits the whole of Africa. 



83. Telephonus trivirgatus. 



Telephonus trivirgatus. Smith, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 338. 



Usambara hills. 



This species ranges from Abyssinia throughout East and South 

 Africa, and on the west from Angola to the Loango coast. 



84. Telephonus anchiet^. 



Telephonus anchietce, Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lisboa, no. viii. 

 1870, p. 344 ; id. Orn. d' Angola, pi. 4. 



Telephonus vunutus, Bocage, Orn. d' Angola, p. 255 (1877). 



Lamo ; Usambara hills. 



The specimens sent me by Dr. Kirk are male and female, appa- 

 rently fully adult. Telephonus anchietce is, in my opinion, a good 

 species, readily to be distinguished from T. minutus, Hartl. (P. Z. S. 

 1858, p. 292), by the absence of black on the scapulars. In the 

 male of T. anchietce there is no trace of black on the scapulars ; and 

 in the female it is confined to the centres of a few of the larger 

 feathers, and is only visible on these feathers being raised ; while ia 



