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92. Laniarius cruentus. 
Laniarius cruentus (Hempr. &Ehr.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. viii. p. 152 (1883); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 477; Lort 
Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 405 [N. Somaliland]; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 68. 
a. ? . Gobeyla, Somaliland, 11 December, 1898. (No. 2.) 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs slate-colour. 
b. $ . Ilargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 3.) 
c. ? . Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 
(No. 220.) 
[Seen in Abyssinia only on the Hawash plains. Like 
Lanius pomeranus, it belongs rather to the burnt-up foreshore 
of Don kali and Somaliland than to the highlands of Abys¬ 
sinia.—L.] 
93. Laniarius erythrogaster. 
Laniarius erythrogaster (Rtipp.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. viii. p. 154 (1883). 
a. ? . Famaka, Blue Nile, 6 May, 1899. (No. 497.) 
Iris yellow ; bill and legs black. 
[Very common along the Blue Nile, its fine double note, 
with the “gurr” of the female, peculiarly harsh even for a 
member of the Shrike family, at once betrays the presence 
of this bird.—L.] 
94. Nilaus aper. 
Nilaus afer (Lath.); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 169, 
pi. v. fig. 2 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 136 
(1884), & xxvi. p. 242 (1888). 
a. <£. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 
(No. 225.) 
b. (J. Wama, Abyssinia, 12 March, 1899. [No. 401.] 
a. Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
b. Iris brown; bill and legs dark slate-colour. 
[A rare bird, met with only on the two occasions when 
specimens were procured.—L.] 
95. Lanius excubitorius. 
Lanius excubitorius Des Murs ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
