726 REPORT OF THE HARVARD AFRICAN EXPEDITION 
Chlorophoneus melamprosopus (Reichenow) 
Laniarius melamprosopus Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn., vol. 26, p. 209, 1878: Liberia. 
Length 9 inches; above gray; a broad band on forehead and sides of head through eye black, 
bordered above with white; lower back, rump, and inner wing-feathers olive green, prunaries 
blackish brown, green-edged; below yellow; tail-feathers olive green at base with a black mark 
before the yellow tips. 
The old record of a bird collected by Schweitzer in Liberia and described by 
Reichenow still remains the only one for the country. 
Chlorophoneus multicolor (G. R. Gray) 
Laniarius multicolor G. R. Gray, Genera Birds, vol. 1, p. 299, pl. 72, 1845: “Africa.” 
Length 8 inches; a broad black band from forehead to side of head; forehead behind this 
band and superciliary line white; occiput and neck gray, rest of back, the wing-coverts and inner 
wing-feathers olive green; primaries dark brown, edged with olive green; below, scarlet becoming 
orange on beily and under tail-coverts; tail olive green with black just before the orange or yellow 
tips. Gambia to Togo. 
A handsome species but apparently rare. Biittikofer secured one near the 
Junk River, a second near the Farmington River, and a third at Mt. Olive. 
Oberholser has recorded a male from Mount Coffee. 
Laniarius leucorhynchus (Hartlaub) 
Telephonus leucorhynchus Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 108: Elmina, Gold Coast. 
Size 9.25 inches; entirely black, or by reflected light, brownish; eye red-brown, bill black 
or in old birds white with a reddish tint; feet blue-gray. Sierra Leone to Congo. 
The two Liberian records for this species are by Buttikofer: one taken by 
Stampfli at Schieffelinsville and another at Robertport. Nothing further is 
known of its occurrence here. At the latter locality, Buttikofer (1885, p. 183, 
as Melaenornis edolioides) found a nesting pair in a swamp directly behind the 
beach. The flimsy nest containing two eggs was in a low bush. 
Dryoscopus gambensis gambensis (Lichtenstein). Gambian Puff-backed Shrike 
Lanius gambensis Lichtenstein, Verzeich. Doubl., 1823, p. 48: Senegambia. 
Length 7.5 inches; crown, neck, upper tail-coverts and tail black; a brownish-gray shoulder 
stripe; lower back and rump whitish gray; wings dark brown, edged with grayish white; below 
white. Senegambia to Angola. 
Although said to be plentiful around Freetown in southern Sierra Leone, 
this shrike is rare in Liberia. Bittikofer found it near Monrovia and at Paynes- 
ville and Stampfli collected three at Old Field and Schieffelinsville, while Lowe 
took it at Settra Kru on the south coast. It is a bird of thickets. 
Malaconotus poliochlamys Gadow. Orange-throated Bush Shrike 
Laniarius poliochlamys Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 8, p. 155, pl. 8, 1883: Gold Coast, 
Fanti. 
A large shrike, 10 inches long, with heavy bill; base of bill and the eye-ring white; head blue- 
gray; lower back, wing-coverts (except anteriormost which are black), outer edges of wing-feathers, 
olive green; secondaries with subterminal black area and yellow tips; tail-feathers olive green 
with subterminal black bar and yellow tips; throat and breast orange red, paling to yellow on 
belly and under tail-coverts. Iris gray. Sierra Leone to Togo. : 
