338 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



d-g. 6 ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 26th & 27th April. [Nos. 238, 241. 



JR. E. D. ; 2288. G. L. ; 3281. B. B. W.'\ 



h-l. d $ . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd-9th May. [Nos. 273, 281. R.E.I).; 



li^l.D.C; 2354. G.L:\ ^ 



m-o. 6 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 3rd-16th June. [Nos. 429. B. E. 1).; 

 2405. G. L. ; 3445. B. B. W.] 



Adult male and female. Iris bluish-grey, purple-grey, dark grey, or dark brown ; 

 bill black ; feet slate-colour or bluish. 



Prof. Neumann (cf. J. f. O. 1907, pp. 371-378) has written an elaborate account of 

 T. senegalus and its allies, and he recognizes 13 subspecies, of which no less than 5 are 

 described as new. I have examined the extensive material in the British Museum and 

 compared the specimens with his paper, but am unable to agree with his conclusions. 

 The birds procured by the Ruwenzori Expedition appear to be indistinguishable from 

 specimens from the Transvaal &c. (T. s. erythropterus apud Neumann) and from 

 Cameroon and Gaboon [T. s. camerunensis) . Like them they have the posterior half 

 of the eyebrow-stripe rufous-buff, whereas in the true T. senegalus it is white. 



Three eggs are of a slightly pointed oval form and somewhat glossy. They are 

 white with irregular dashes, dots, streaks, and blotches of dull maroou-red and purplish- 

 grey, the markings being more or less concentrated into a zone round the larger end. 

 They measure respectively '95 X '7 ; "91 X '69 ; -9 X '69 in. 



[This Bush-Shrike was very numerous throughout the acacia-country around the 



. south end of Ruwenzori and in the Semliki Valley. It was found breeding in May 



and June. The nest, which was placed in a low acacia-bush about three feet from the 



ground, was composed of small sticks and roots, and lined with fine roots. It contained 



three eggs. — B. B. W.'] 



Tblephonus minutus Hartlaub. 



Pomaforhynchus minutus Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 552 (1903). 

 Antichromus minutus Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 553 [Toro] . 

 Telephonut minutus minutus Neumann, J. f. O. 1907, p. 368. 



a. ? . 150 miles W. of Entebbe, 5000 ft., 12th Dec. [No. 1058. B. C] 

 h. 6 '. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 21st March. [No. 2227. G. i.] 

 c. 6 . South Ruwenzori, 3000 ft., 19th June. [No. 2409. G. L.] 

 Adult male and female. Iris mauve or light claret-colour ; bill black ; feet bluish- 

 grey or olive-grey. 



[A few examples only of the Lesser Bush-Shrike were seen on the eastern slopes of 

 Ruwenzori, and again on the plains near Lake Edward. It was not a common bird. 

 —B. B. W.] 



