424 MH. B. 13. SIIARPE ON BTKDS 



Fam. Laniin^. 



8. Lanius excubitoeius, Des Murs; Heugl. t. c. p. 47S ; 

 Hartl. Of. cit. vii. p. 96 ; Gaclow, t. c. p. 253. 



A fiue adult female from Jur Gattas, November. Iris blackish 

 brown. 



9. CoRViNELLA coRYiiNrA, Shttio ; Gadow, t. c. p. 231. — C. affi- 

 nis, Heugl. t. c. p. 488 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. p. 96. 



An adult bird from Dem Suleiman, May. 



Pbalaux 4. Brachypodes. 

 Fam. PxcNOisroTiNiE. 



10. Xenocichla indicator (Verr.) ; SJmrpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 103. 

 One specimen from Mangbanga, April. Identical witli West- 

 African examples in the Museum. 



11. Andeopadus vieens, Cass. ; Sharpe, Gat. B. vi. p. 109. 

 Two specimens from Sassa, procured, in October and November. 



Not to be distinguished from West-African skins. 



Fam. Oeiolin^. 



12. Oriolus aueatus, Vieill. ; Heugl. t. c. p. 401 ; Sharpe, op. 

 cit. iii. p. 195 ; Hartl. Abhandl. Bremen, viii. p. 195. 



Several specimens from Sassa, all of them identical with others 

 from Senegambia in the British Museum. 



13. Oeiolus ni&eipennis, Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 220. 

 A single specimen from Sassa, November. Identical with 



Graboon birds in the Museum. 



Fam. Campephaginje. 



14. Geaucalus pectoealis, J.SfS.', Sharpe, Cat, B. iv. p. 29. 

 — Ceblepyris pectoralis, Heugl. t. c. p. 418. 



A male from Dem Suleiman, May ; and a female from Sassa, 

 October. Mr. BohndorfF says that it is a common bird in Nyam- 

 nyam. 



15. Campepha&a xanthornoides (Less.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 60. 



A female bird from Ndoruma, November, appears to belong to 

 the present species. 



