302 
Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a 
Dryoscopus funebris (Hartl.). 
Dryoscopus funebris Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 406. 
Laniarius funebris Reich, ii. p. 574 (1903). 
a. ? . Dubar, 28th May, 1905. 
b-o. S <j> . Waghar, 29th June-30th Nov., 1905. 
p-s. £ ? . Burao, 23rd Feb.~29th Dec., 1906. 
Iris pale blue ; bill black ; legs black ; feet black, washed 
with grey. 
[Found in dense bush ; it has a curious metallic gong¬ 
like note.— G. W . B.~\ 
Dryoscopus ^thiopicus (Gmel.). 
Dryoscopus cethiopicus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 405. 
Laniarius cethiopicus Reich, ii. p. 577 (1903). 
a-l. $ ? et S 2 imm. Waghar, 27th June-30th Aug., 
1905. 
Bill black, slate-coloured at the base of the lower mandibles 
in the male; legs and feet pale slate-coloured. 
Laniarius cruentus (Hempr. & Ehrenb.). 
Pelicinius cruentus Reich, ii. p. 570 (1903). 
a-c. $ % et ? juv. Dubar, 21st May-5th June, 1905. 
d-g. S ? et S $ imm. Waghar, 3rd Aug.-4th Sept., 
1905. 
h-w. S $ • Burao, 11th Nov., 1905-22nd March, 1906. 
Mr. Bury obtained a very fine series of this Crimson¬ 
breasted Bush-Shrike. 
Laniarius approximans Cab. 
Laniarius approximans Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 287. 
Malaconotus olivaceus hypopyrrhus Reich, ii. p. 602 
(1903). 
a. ? . Waghar, 30th Aug., 1905. 
Iris pale yellow ; bill dark slate-coloured (almost black) ; 
legs and feet pale slate-coloured ; toes dark slate-coloured. 
This individual is an example of the race which Prof. Neu¬ 
mann has separated from the East-African form [L. approxi¬ 
mans) under the name of Malaconotus poliocephalus schoanus. 
The difference is purely a matter of size, the wing of the 
present specimen measuring 4‘7 inches, whereas in the wing 
of a typical Abyssinian bird it measures 4*2-4'3 inches. 
