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Laniarius ruficeps (Shelley). 
Dryoscopus ruficeps Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 402, pi. x. 
fig. 1. 
Laniarius ruficeps Reich, ii. p. 585 (1903). 
a-f. S ? • Burao, 15th-26th Feb., 1906. 
Nilaus minor Sharpe. 
Nilaus minor Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 479 ; Lort Phillips, 
Ibis, 1898, p. 406 ; Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 641. 
Nilaus afer minor Reich, ii. p. 540 (1903). 
a . $ . Ragar, 22nd June, 1905. 
b-i. S ? et $ imm. Waghar, 23rd July-4th Sept., 
1905. 
Jc-r. $ ? . Burao, 20th Jan.-17th March, 1906. 
Iris very dark brown; bill blue-black, base of lower 
mandible slate-coloured ; legs and feet pale slate-coloured ; 
nails black. 
The female of Nilaus minor does not seem to have been 
described. There is only one example marked as a female 
in the British Museum Collection, namely one from the Athi 
River, collected by Lord Delamere. Mr. Bury, however, 
obtained several at Waghar and Burao. 
I have compared these with the hen of N. capensis Shaw, 
and beyond the difference in size, which, however, is most 
conspicuous, I can find no other distinguishing feature. 
The following is a comparative list of the wing measure¬ 
ments of both birds :— 
in. 
Nilaus capensis from Damaraland. S’5 
Nilaus minor from the Athi River . 3‘1 
„ ,, „ Burao .. 2 , 85-2 , 9 
„ „ „ Waghar . 2*9 
Lanius collurio Linn. 
Lanius collurio Grant, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 471 (1902); Reich, 
ii. p. 622 (1903). 
a. $ . Dubar, 11th May, 1905. 
b-e. $ ? et $ imm. Waghar, 26th Sept.-31st Oct., 
1905. 
