478 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 



9° N. lat., and to be migratory between the 20th of February and 

 the 10th of March on the Upper Nile. Ileuglin, on the other 

 hand, believed the species to be resident, as he met with it in 

 November and December, and again in March, on the plains of 

 Hamedo in the Abyssinian lowlands, in April in the '• Quola " of 

 Western Abyssinia, in Kordofan in July, and in Bongo between 

 August and November. 



In Shoa Antinori met with the allied species L. h)jpoj;nj7-rlms. 



61. Dryoscopus ^thiopicus. 



Dryoscopus cetJiiojncus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 458 

 C187i) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 139 (1883) ; Eeichen. 

 Vog. Deutseh-Ost-Afr. p. 163 (1894). 



Laniarius cethiopicns, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 132 

 (1884), vi. p. 240 (1888). 



a. 5 ad. Mount Kuldush, Dec. 18, 1894. Iris reddish brown ; 

 legs grey. 



Eound in pairs, according to Heuglin, in Abyssinia and Takah, 

 northwards to 17° N. lat. on the Upper White Nile, less commonly 

 in Setiar and Kordofan. It extends up the mountains higher than 

 D.^gambensis, but not beyond 8000 feet. 



Antinori found the species in Shoa, but rather sparsely, near 

 Let-Marafia. Dr. Eagazzi, however, mentions it as common in 

 Shoa. Dr. Eeichenow records it from Aruscha, Kilima-njaro, and 

 Karema. 



62. Dryoscopus gambensis. 



Dryoscopus gamlmisis, Licht. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 456 

 (1871); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 146(1883); Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 241 (1888). 



a. $ ad. Walenso, Oct. 26, 1894. Iris red ; bill, under man- 

 dible grey, upper mandible black ; legs grey. 



A resident in North-eastern Africa, according to Heuglin, by 

 v\ horn it was obtained to the eastward as far as the Anseba River, 

 in Senar, Kordofan, and the region of the Nile. On the moun- 

 tains of Abyssinia it ascends to 6000 feet. He describes a female 

 bird from the Schir Negroes country on the Upper White Nile. 

 Dr. Eagazzi procured the species in Shoa in the forests of I'ekerio- 

 Ghem, Sciotalit, and the Gherba Tails. 



63. Dryoscopus punebeis. 



Dryoscopus funehris, Hartl. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 461 

 (1871); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus.' viii. p. 133(1883); Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 598; Eeichen. "Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 162 

 (1894). 



Laniarius funehris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 133 

 (1884), vi. p. 241 (1888). 



a, &. c? ? ad. Sillul, Aug. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown. 



