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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
89. Dryoscopus funebris. 
Dryoscopus funebris Hartl.; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
viii. p. 133 (1883) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 478; Lort 
Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 406 [N. Somaliland]. 
a. Ad. Ketchen Waha. Abvssinia. 16 January, 1899. 
(No. 202.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[Like the rest of the Bush-Shrikes, this bird is seldom seen. 
It was never observed west of Addis Abbeba.—L.] 
90. Dryoscopus .ethiopicus. 
Dryoscopus cethiopicus (Gm.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
viii. p. 139 (1883); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 478; Lort 
Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 405 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 69. 
a. £ • Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 
(No. 176.) 
Iris brown; bill black ; legs dark slate-colour. 
[The note of this bird meets the Abyssinian traveller’s 
ears every day. The double call-note is caused by the male 
and the answering female, the call and reply being so rapid 
that unless one actually has both birds in sight one would 
hardly imagine that the reply of the female could be so 
instantaneous. In addition to the call-note, the male 
whistles an octave on a descending scale, and the female 
utters the “ gurr ” typical of the Shrike family. I am aware 
that this explanation of the double note of Dryoscopus cethi- 
opicus is opposed to the observations of Buppell and Blan- 
ford, but I state what I have myself observed.—L.] 
91. Dryoscopus gambensis. 
Dryoscopus gambensis (Licht.); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
viii. p. 146 (1883) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 478. 
a. £. Hado, iVbyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 22.) 
b. $ . Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No. 348.) 
c. $ . Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No. 349.) 
d. S' Maritchi, Abyssinia, 22 March, 1899. (No. 441.) 
e. Ganti, Abyssinia, 28 March, 1899. (No. 457.) 
/. S • Mendi, Abyssinia, 28 April, 1899. (No. 488.) 
Iris red; bill black; legs slate-colour. 
[A bush-haunting bird. Very widely distributed.—L.] 
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