54 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON A NEW LANIARIUS. [Feb. 5, 



in question and M. tristis, of which the main characteristics consist in 

 the presence of a well-developed lobulus. Without having seen a 

 specimen of theiast-named form, I venture nevertheless to express 

 an opinion as to its validity as a species. 

 Hab. South Australia. 



3. Description of a new Species of Laniarius from Ashantee. 

 By R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, Depart- 

 ment of Zoology, British Museum. 



[Received January 30, 1884.] 



(Plate V.) 



Mr. Godfrey Lagden, who has recently returned from Ashantee, 

 has presented some specimens of birds to the British Museum," 

 amongst which is an example of the present species, a typical Lani- 

 arius, of the same group as L.poliocephalus and L. hypopyrrhus, &c, 

 but differing from all in the absence of white lores, the whole of the 

 side-face being dark slaty grey like the crown. I propose for it the 

 name of L. laydeni, after its discoverer. 



Laniarius lagdeni, sp. n. (Plate V.) 



Similis L. poliocephalo sed loris et facie laterali saturate schistaceis 

 pileo concoloribus distinyuendus. x 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-greenish, the upper tail- 

 coverts rather yellower and edged with bright yellow at their ends ; 

 scapulars like the back ; wing-coverts black, broadly margined with 

 bright yellow ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts entirely black ; 

 quills black, externally olive-greenish, the inner secondaries broadly 

 tipped with yellow, before which is a conspicuous subterminal shade 

 of black ; tail-feathers olive-greenish with black shafts, and tipped 

 with yellow, more broadly on the outer feathers : head, hind neck, 

 and upper mantle dark slaty grey, as well as the sides of the neck ; 

 lores, sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts a shade darker slaty grey 

 than the crown ; throat and fore neck brilliant orange, the rest of 

 the under surface bright yellow, the orange colour gradually shading 

 off on to the breast from the throat ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 bright yellow, as also the edge of the. wing; quills dusky below, 

 yellow along the inner web. Total length 10 - 5 inches, culmen 1*2, 

 wing 4 - 55, tail 4"4, tarsus 135. 



Hab. Ashantee, West Africa {Godfrey Lagden). Type in Brit. 

 Mus, 



