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Show 1871.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF CAMEROONS. 611 Fam. LANIIDAE. 42. DRYOSCOPUS LEUCORHYNCHUS. Dryoscopus leucorhynchus, Hartl.; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 47. "Cameroons Mountains, February 1st and March 8th, 1871. Iris brown." Two specimens, both with black bills. 43. LANIARIUS HYPOPYRRHUS. Laniarius hypopyrrhus (Verr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 49. " Cameroons Mountains. Iris grey." One specimen, agreeing exactly with the bird from Fantee sent by Mr. Ussher. 44. LANIARIUS MULTICOLOR. Laniarius multicolor, Gray ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 48. A specimen of a particoloured Shrike from the Cameroons Mountains is sent by Mr. Crossley, which considerably puzzled me for some time ; but I have at last referred it to the present species. The upper surface of the body is precisely similar to other specimens in my collection from Fantee ; but underneath the Cameroons bird has none of that fiery crimson which characterizes the last named examples, but is everywhere of a beautiful orange. I presume it may be a female. 45. NICATOR CHLORIS. Nicator chloris (Val.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 49. "Cameroons, February 2nd, 1871." Fam. ORIOLIDAE. 46. ORIOLUS BRACHYRHYNCHUS. Oriolus brachyrhynchus, Sw. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 54. Four specimens, collected on the Cameroons Mountains between the 8th and 21st of February. I have no doubt that I was right in joining O. barujfi, to O. brachyrhynchus, as I did in my ' Catalogue,' and not separating them as in my paper on the African Oriolidce (Ibis, 1870, p. 227), though I expressed my doubts as to their specific distinctness on the last-named occasion. Fam. LAMPROTORNITHIDAE. 47. LAMPROCOLIUS PURPUREICEPS. Lamprocolius purpureiceps, Verr. ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 119. "Cameroons Mountains, January 19th and 20th, 1871. Iris brown." I had already received this species from Cameroons ; but, owing to its being immature and having been preserved in spirits, M. Jules Verreaux and I were unable to identify it properly, and we referred it to L. cupreocauda (cf. Cat. Afr. B. p. 55). |
