BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE BELGIAN CONGO resyd 
Laniidae 
Lanius collaris congicus Reichenow 
Lanius humeralis congicus Reichenow, Jour. f. Orn., 1902, p. 258: Angola. 
Male, Lulenga, 4 March 1927. 
Female, Lulenga, 7 March 1927. 
These birds are more sooty above than L. c. smithi. The characters of the 
outer tail-feathers do not seem to hold consistently for the races of the fiscal 
shrike. 
Laniarius ferrugineus major (Hartlaub) 
Telephonus major Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 108: Elmina, Gold Coast. 
Male, Lulenga, 7 March 1927. 
The single specimen collected agrees with East African (Kenya Colony) 
examples in the Museum of Comparative Zodélogy. 
Corvidae 
Corvultur albicollis (Latham) 
Corvus albicollis Latham, Ind. Orn. i, p. 151, 1790: Africa. 
Male, Kibati, 26 March 1927. 
This specimen agrees with a series from Kenya Colony and Uganda. 
Corvus albus P. L. 8. Miller 
Corvus albus P. L. 8. Miiller, Natursyst., Anhang., p. 85, 1776: Senegal. 
Male, Angi, 1 April 1927. 
Agrees with a series in the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy. 
Buphagidae 
Buphagus africanus megarhynchus Grote 
Buphagus africanus megarhynchus Grote, Orn. Monatsb., 1927, pp. 11-13: the Kivu district, 
Belgian Congo. 
Male, Luvungi, 30 January 1927. 
This specimen is rather large, having a wing of 125 mm., agreeing with Grote’s 
description of this form. 
The iris is recorded by the collector as red. 
Eulabetidae 
Lamprotornis purpuropterus purpuropterus Riippell 
Lamprotornis purpuroptera Riippell, Syst. Uebers. Végel N. O. Afr., 1845, p. 64, pl. 25: Shoa. 
Female, Luvungi, 31 January 1927. 
This specimen agrees fairly well with a female from Mutir, West Nile, 
Uganda, but is more bluish, less greenish on the breast than the latter, and 
slightly larger. 
