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NicATOR cHLOEis (Less.)- 

 Nicator chloris Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 554(1903) ; Jackson, Ibis, 19u6, p. 552 [Toro]; Graut, 

 Ibis, 1908, p. 293 [Ponthierville, Upper Congo]. 

 a-c. c? et d imm. Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 20tli-22nd July. [No. 487. 

 B. K D. ; 1729. B. C. ; 3509. B. B. W.] 



d. 2. 50 miles N. of Fort Beni, 3500 ft., 15th Aug. [No. 1784. J). C] 



e. s . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 15th Sept. [No. 517. B. E. D.] 



Adult male and female. Iris hazel or dark brown ; bill black ; feet slate-grey, grey, 

 or dark grey. 



The male is very much larger than the female. 



Male. Wing 4-2-4-25 inches. 



Female. Wing 3"55 inches. 



The male (No. 487) is marked by Mr. Dent " breeding." 



[The Spot-winged Bush-Shrike was plentiful throughout the Eturi Forest, and a 

 few were seen in the Mpanga Forest, east of Ruwenzori. It frequented both the 

 undergrowth and the tree-tops. The only sound I ever identified as belonging to this 

 bird was a loud, harsh, chattering note. — B. B. W."] 



Laniaeius similis (Smith). 



Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus chrysogaster Reich. Yog. Afr. ii. p. 562 (1903). 



Laniarius sulphureipectus Grant, Ibis, 1905, p. 203 [S. Uganda]. 



Chlorophoneus chrysogaster Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 550 [Toro ; Ankoli]. 



Laniarius similis Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 589 [Baro River]. 

 a. c? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 28th Feb. [No. 3182. B. B. W.] 

 h-d. d S et imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 24th-28th April. [Nos. 235. 

 B. E. D. ; 1446. B. C. ; 2291. G. L.] ^ 



e~l. 6 S . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., lst-19th May. [Nos. 1471, 1490, 1491, 



1501. B. a ; 2357. G. L.; 3303, 3385. B. B. W.'\ 

 m,n. ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 1st & 17th June. [Nos. 405. B. E. B. ; 



d. 



2408. G. L.] 



Notes on this species will be found in my paper on the collection of birds from the 

 Sobat and Baro Rivers, quoted above. 



[The Yellow-fronted Bush-Shrike was not uncommon in the acacia-country around the 

 south end of Ruwenzori and on the lower slopes of the mountains up to 5500 ft. — 

 B. B. W.] 



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