NOVITATES ZOOLOQICAE XXVII. 1920. 451 



514. Pelicinius zeylonus phanus subsp. nov. 



Type: ^ ad., Farta Bay, 5 hours south of Benguella Town, 30.x. 1905. 

 W. J. Ansorge leg. 



Seven specimens from Benguella and Mossamedes, collected by the late 

 W. J. Ansorge and Albert Mocquerys, differ from about a dozen from South Africa 

 in having the back a little paler green, and the whole yeUow portion of the under- 

 side much lighter, more sulphureous yeUow, which is specially striking on the 

 throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts. There is no appreciable difference in 

 size. I therefore name the Benguella-Mossamedes form Pelicinius zeylonus 

 phanus, type as above. 



■ Probably a third form inhabits Namaqualand, as a male and female collected 

 by C. B. Grant in May and July 1903, at an elevation of 3,104 feet, appear to have 

 the flanks and sides of breast much more widely ashy grey, and are a httle smaller. 

 More material will probably lead to the establishment of a third form. 



(I am using reluctantly the generic name Pelicinius, while I separate 

 cruentus and its subspecies as Bhodophoneus. In this I am following Sharpe's 

 Hand-list, iv. pp. 292, 293, without wishing to discuss the genera of these shrikes, 

 of which perhaps too many are now being used.) 



515. Laniarius rubiginosus rudolfi Hart. = Chlowphoneus ruhiginosus rudolfi. 



Laniarius rubiginosus rudolfi Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xziii. p. 10 (1908— forest west of Lake Albert 

 Edward). 



Type : $ ad., Primeval forest 90 kilometres west of Lake Albert Edward, 

 7 . ii . 1 908. Rudolf Grauer leg. No. 1,979. 



516. Laniarius doheityi Rothsch. = CMorophoneus dohertyi. 



Laniarius dohertyi Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, xi. p. 52 (1901 — Escarpment, Kikuyu Mts., B. E. 

 Africa). ' \ 



Type: ^ ad., Escarpment, Kikuyu Mts., 8,000 feet, xii.1900. William 

 Doherty leg. 



f 517. Laniarius graueri Hart. = CMorophoneus melamprosopus reichenowi. 

 Laniarius graueri Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, xxiii. p. 9 (1908 — ^Forest west of Lake Albert Edward). 



Type : ^ ad., Primeval forest, 90 km. west of Lake Edward, 1,600 m., 

 14. ii. 1908. Rudolf Grauer leg. No. 2,039. 



I am now convinced that my L. graueri is the same as L. m. reichenowi — if 

 indeed the latter is separable from true melamprosopus ! 



518. Lanius gnbemator Hartl. = Lanius guhernator. 



Lariius gubematKyr Hartlaub, Orn. CmtraVbl. 1882. p. 91 (No exact locality, diagnosis of (J !) ; Joum. 

 f. Om. 1882. p. 323. pi. i. flg. 2 (Langomeri). 



Type : c? ^'d., Langomeri, Emin Pasha leg. 



There is no doubt that the adult male must be looked upon as the real type 

 of L. guhernator, but the notes in Joum. f. Orn. 1882, pp. 323, 324, are somewhat 

 confused. The first diagnosis in the Ornithologische Centralblatt is that of the 

 adult male only. Curiously enough, in the Joum. f. Orn. also the male only is 



