NOVITATBS ZOOLOGIOAE XXVII. 1920. 449 



502. Pachsrcephala everetti Hart. = Pachycephala pectoralis everetti. 

 PachycepJuzla everetti Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 170 (1896 — Djampea Island, south of Celebes). 

 Type : (J ad., Djampea, xii.1895. Alfr. Everett leg. 



503. Pachycephala fulviventris Hart. = Pachycephala pectoralis fulviventris. 

 Pachycephala fulviventris Hartert, Bull.B.O. Club, v. p. xlvii. (1896 — Sumba Island). 

 Type : (J ad., Sumba, ii.l896. William Doherty leg. 



504. Pachycephala pectoialis allurorum Stres. = Pachycephala pectoralis 



alfurorum. 

 Pachycephala pectoralis alfwrorvm Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xxi. p. 132 (1914 — Ceram). 



Type : (J ad., Gunong Sofia, Ceram, 4,800 feet, 14. vi. 1911. Erwin Strese- 

 mann leg. No. 614. 



505. Nilaus afer erythreae Neum. = Nilaus afer erythreae. 

 Nilaus afer erythreae Neumann, Journ. f. Om. 1907, p. 361 (" Nord-Abyssinien "). 



Type : c? ad., Ailet, Erythraea, 5.iv.l903. G. Schrader leg. 

 This form is very closely allied to N. afer afer (terra typica Senegal), but 

 recognizable, and in my opinion chiefly by the darker chestnut lateral stripes. 



506. Nilaus afer hilgeiti Neum. = Nilaus afer hilgerti. 



Nilaus afer hilgerti Neumami, Jowm. f. Om. 1907. p. 362 (" Hauasohgebiet von Sohoa, naoh Suden 

 bis zum Zuai-See naohgewiesen "). 



Type : <? ad., Kassam River, Hawash region, 24. vi. 1903. Zaphiro leg. 



[507. Nilaus minor Sharpe = Nilaus afer minor. 



Nilaus minor Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Sac. London, 1895. p. 479 (" Somaliland," Milmil and other 

 localities). 



Type : according to Neumann, Journ. f. Om. 1907, p. 362 : <? ad., Milmil, 

 2.vii.l894. Dr. Donaldson Smith leg., but this can only be a paratype, as the 

 (J ad. from Okoto, 8.ix. 1894, in the British Museum is there marked as the type 

 by the author.] 



(?) t 508. Telophonus senegalus pallidus Neum. — Harpolestes * senegalus 



senegalus. 



Telophonus senegalus paUidus Neumann, Journ. f. Om. 1907. p. 375 (" Ober-Guinea von der Goldkiiste 

 bis zum Niger "). 



Type : ^ ad., Accra, 4.xi. 1897. 0. W. Nartey leg. 

 I must confess that, after a renewed examination of the material in Tring 



* There has been a good deal of uncertainty and change of the generic name of the Tchagra- 

 Shrikes. In the Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii., Gadow called them Telephonus, and this name has been in 

 general use before and after. In the Vog. Afr. U. p. 542, Reichenow introduced the name Pomato- 

 rhynchus Boie 1826 ; to this I objected because Boie quoted " Pomatorhynchua Horsf." ; Horsfield, 

 however, never created such a name, but only Pomatorhinus, and it is evident that Boie merely 

 amended his spelling, and erroneously placed Tinder that name (which refers to a totally different 

 group of birds) the Tchagra of Levaillant, of which he did not know that it was a Shrike. In the 

 Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 452, I then pleaded for the restitution of Telophonus, the original spelling of 



