92 EINAR LÖNNBERG, BIRDS. 



Dryoscopus malzacii (Heugl.). 



Rchw. II, p. 596 & III, p. 834. 



A female specimen was obtained among the trees along Guaso Nyiri some distance 

 below Chanler Falls 12 / 3 1911. 



It appears to belong to the Northeastern fauna but extends also to the Central Af rican 

 Lake district, and Ruwenzori. 



Lanius humeralis uropygialis Rchw. 



Rchw. II, p. 609 & III, p. 834. 



The first specimen of this Shrike was shot on the steppe outside Nairobi, 24 /i2 10. 

 It used to perch on the tops of the small bushes there, and it had a lot of grasshoppers 

 spitted on the thorns of the acacia-bushes. It was låter found to be common in many 

 other places as for instance Punda Melia, Fort Hall, Kutu, Embu etc. A young bird not 

 fully fledged was caught at Nairobi 2 7i2 1910. Young birds in their first barred plumage 

 were collected Jan. — April. A young bird in moult with partly juvenile tail feathers and 

 quills, the dorsal plumage somewhat mixed, but mostly black, and a few faint dark spöts 

 on the white belly was shot 29 3. A male shot V* had swelled testidés. When these 

 facts are considered it appears evident that this Shrike breeds during both rainy seasons. 



A young bird from Luazomela has its plumage more reddish brown than those from 

 Kutu and Punda Melia. 



Like Lanius caudatus this species often has its white belly sullied by the red clay 

 when found in cultivated districts. 



Lanius caudatus Cab. 



Rchw. II, p. 613. 



This bird was most often seen in the to great extent cultivated country between 

 Blue Post and Punda Melia. It was sometimes seen on the telegraph wire swinging 

 its long tail from side to side making its name most appropriate. The second of April 

 three birds of this kind were killed in one shot in a tree. One of these was a female with 

 much swelled ovary, and the others males the testes of which were not strongly deve- 

 loped. They were probably young birds, although they had adult plumage. 



Reichenow writes 1903 (1. c. p. 613) about the distribution of this species: »Ost- 

 afrika von Witu bis Usaramo». The localities recorded above pro ve that it is found a 

 good way further northwest. Towards northeast C. von Erlanger 1 discovered it at 

 Lower Juba river (Umfudi). 



Lanius dorsalis Cab. 



Rchw. II, p. 614. 



One specimen shot in an acacia in the thornbush at Njoro 26 /a 1911. 

 This bird may be regarded as a member of the Somali fauna, although its distribu- 

 tion extends to Kilimanjaro and Taita. 

 1 Journ. f. Ornith. 1905, p. 701. 



