362 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [JunC 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. t. c. p. 153 ; Schal. t. c. p. 239 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 292. 



d . Teita, June. J . Useri river, July 14. 



,%5. Laniariussulfureipectus. 



Laniarius suJfureipectus (Less.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 580; 

 Gadow, Cat. 13. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 159; Rchw. J. f. O. 1887, p. 63 ; 

 Matsch. t. c. p. 153; Shelley, P. Z. S. 18S8, p. 25 ; id. Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 301. 



Chlorophoneus sulfiirei2'>ectus,'Q'6\im, J. f. O. 1883, p. 184; Fisch. 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 349 ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 130. 



(S . Taveta, August 18. 



36. Lanius catjdatus. 



Lanius caudaius, Cab. ; Shellev, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 579 ; Gadow, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 254; Biihrr), 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. 0. 1883, p. 357 ; Fisch. J. f. O. 1885, 

 p. 131. 



Juv. Useri river. 



37. Xenocichla nigriceps, n. 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 liy a broadish 

 band of ashy-white feathers ; cheeks and ear-coverts dusky grey 

 with paler centres ; wing-coverts yellowish olive like the back ; quills 

 brown, strongly washed with yellowish ohve on the outer webs ; tail 

 ohve-brown washed with yellow, slightly browner than the back ; 

 chin, throat, and front half of the breast ashy grey ; abdomen, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts rather bright olive-yeilow ; 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 nargins broadly edged with whitish yellow. 

 Bill black ; legs slaty grey. Total length 67 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 3-7, tail 33, tarsus fo. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-5, tail 3-4, tarsus 0-9. 



d 2 . Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., August. 



Compared with X. tephroleema, this species has the bill rather 

 shorter and the culmen shghtly 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. tephroleema 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. 



