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campaign or in the Bogos country. A friend at Rayrayguddy sent me up the wing of 
one and promised to procure specimens should I be in want of any. I requested he 
would, but I did not receive any more. Either the birds had left the neighbourhood, or 
his duties were too pressing.—W. J.] 
97. Dicrurvs pivaricatus (Licht.). 
Edolius lugubris, Hempr. & Ehrb. Symb. Phys. t. viii. (jun.). 
Dicrurus canipennis, Sws. B. W. Afr. i. p. 254. 
—— lugubris, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 61. no. 216; Brehm, Habesch, p. 215. no. 72. 
divaricatus, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 823. no. 150. 
a. g. Undel Wells. May 27. 
6. 9. Undel Wells. May 27. 
c. 9. Senafé. May 22 (no. 902). 
Both sexes (a and 6), shot at Undel Wells, are alike, except that the female has the tail 
less furcated. The specimen ¢ seems to be not quite old, because it has the under tail- 
coverts edged with white and of a more uniform dark black colour, without the steel-blue 
lustre. It agrees with D. lugubris, Ehrb., a species which cannot be separated from 
D. divaricatus, as already mentioned by the late Mr. Strickland (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, 
p- 217). The specimens a and é agree in every respect with specimens from Benguela 
in the Bremen Museum. 
Long. al. Rectr. inter. Rectr. ext. Culm. Tars. 
4i! gilt 3! zm qi yu e. 7ilt 93!" a, 
4 10 3 6 3 11 7 10 b. 
4 6 3.6 3.9 73 9 c.—O. F. 
[Iris crimson. 
Off the plains, among the hills, I found this bird rather common, always in pairs. It 
is very bold, driving Crows and Kites away from the neighbourhood of its nest. It 
feeds much after the manner of the Flycatchers, sitting on the top branch of a dead 
tree and making a dash straight up in the air at any passing insect, hovering a second 
or two, and then returning to its perch. W.. J. 
Fam. LANIIDZ. 
98. LANIUS FALLAX, sp. nov. (Plate XXV.) 
a. d. Rairo. August 13 (no. 1454). 
6. 2. Rairo. August 13 (no. 67). 
c. 9. Rairo. August 14 (no. 38). 
d.@. Ain. August 17 (no. 92). 
Supra dilute cinereus; area latissima utrinque a rostro per oculum ducta nigra, supra 
minus distincta, albo marginata; subtus totus albus, pectore et abdomine conspicue 
