FROM EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 423 



Fam. MALACOifOTiNiE. 



2. Laniarifs gambensis {Licht.). — Dryoscopus gambensis, 

 Heugl. Orn. JSf.O. Afr. i. p. 456; Hartl. Ahhandl. Nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, vii. p. 93 ; Gadow, Gat. B. Brit. Mit^s. viii. p. 146. 



Dem Suleiman, November. Iris red. 



3. Laniaritjs ^thiopicus (Gm.). — Dryoscopus sethiopicus, 

 Heugl. t. c. p. 458 ; Gadow, Cat. B. viii. p. 139. 



Two adult birds from Semmio, January. Iris blackish brown. 



4. Laniarius poliocephalus (Licht.) ; Gadow, Gat. B. viii. 

 p. 156. — Meristes poliocephalus, Heugl. t. c. p. 466 ; Hartl. 

 Ahliandl. Bremen, viii. p. 193. 



A large series of adult specimens from Semmio, August. 

 Iris orange-yellow. 



They all bear out Von Heuglin's remark that the specimens 

 from North-eastern Africa show no orange tint on the bx'east. 



5. Laniarius ertthro&aster {GretzscJim.) ; Hartl. op. cit. 

 vii. p. 94 ; Gadow, t. c. p. 154. — Dryoscopus erythrogaster, 

 Heugl. t. c. p. 463. 



Two adult males from Jur Gattas, November. Iris clear 

 yellow. 



6. Laniarius chloris {Licht.). — Nicator chloris, Gadow, t.c. 

 p. 166. 



Au adult bird from Ndoruma, November. Iris greenish 

 brown. 



Exactly similar to the series in the British Museum from 

 Fantee and Gaboon. 



Phalanx 3. ^quiparatce. 



Fam. PACHYCEPHALIlSr^. 



7. Bradtornis diabolicus, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 314. 

 An adult from Dem Suleiman, killed in November. 



On reviewing the question of this species and B. ater, I cannot 

 determine whether the former name should be suppressed or re- 

 tained. I still think that there are two species ; but the material 

 for determining the point is insufficient, nor can I yet attach to 

 the bird an older name than that given in my 'Catalogue' (I. e.}, 

 as long as it cannot be proved to be the Sylvia pammelcena of 

 Stanley, which is in all probability Melcenornis edoloides. 



