476 . DB. R. B. SHABPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 



Zosterops tenella, Hartl. ; Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi* 

 art. 10, p. 8 (1S86). 



a. S ad. Sillul, Aug. 7, 1894. Iris light brown. Feet dark 



grey. 



I believe that I have correctly identified this species, which is 

 recorded by Dr. Reichenow from Masai-land on the Maeru Moun- 

 tains, Arusclia, and Kilima-ujaro. 



Fam. Pabid^. 



54. Parus thbuppi. 



Parus iliruppi, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 406, pi. xi. fig. 2. 



a. d ad. Milmil, July 27, 1894. 



Discovered by Mr. Lort Phillips near the centre of the Somali 

 plateau. 



55. ^GITHALUS MUSCULrS. 



^(fithalns musculus, Hai'tl. ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 29. 



a, b. c? ad. Okoto, Sept. 8, 1 894. Iris dark brown ; legs 

 bluish grey. 



This is an Equatorial species, which has not hitherto been re- 

 corded from Somali-land or East Africa. 



Eam. Laniid^. 



56. Lanius isabellinus. 



Lanius isabdlinus, H. & E. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 475 

 (1871) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 277 (1883) ; Eeichen. 

 Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 158 (1894). 



a. c7 ad. Bunker Dagabourh, Dec. 22, 1894. Iris brown. 



Not plentiful in North-eastern Africa, south of 15° N. lat. in 

 Kordofan ; on the White Nile, in Senar, and in Abyssinia; ob- 

 tained by Ehrenberg near Quofuda, ou the Arabian coast (Heuglin). 

 It is a winter visitor to East Africa, according to Dr. Eeichenow, 

 and has been obtained at Bagamoyo, ou the Pangani Eiver, the 

 Wembaere Steppes, Taveta, and Bukoba. 



57. Lanius humeralis. 



Lanius humeralis, Stanl. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 486 (1871) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 130 (1884), vi. p. 240 (1888) ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 597 ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 157 (1894). 



a. (S ad. Tuago, Oct. 27, 1894. Iris dark brown. 



Heuglin says that this is a \ery common bird in Abyssinia, 

 apparently a resident, but not found above 8000-10,000 feet. 

 He collected it northwards to the Province of Takah, and to the 

 southward to Fazogl, more rarely in Southern Kordofan, and on 

 the White Nile. 



In Shoa the present species was met with by Antinori at Mahal- 



