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Show 1895.] FROM W E S T E R N SOMALI-LAND. 477 Uonz from March to August, breeding in June. Dr. Ragazzi also records it from various localities in Shoa between November and June. Mr. Jackson procured it in Elgeyo (July), in Kikuyu (August), and on Mount Elgon (February); and, according to Dr. Reichenow, it extends south to Igonda, Kilima-njaro, Aruscha, and Bukoba. 58. LANIUS ANTINORII. Lanius antinorii, Salvad.; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 255 (1883). a. d ad. Labarouk, July 12. 1894. b. 2 ad. The Haud, July 24,1894. These specimens are undoubtedly L. antinorii, but Mr. Gillett obtained a specimen near Gelaydee which is the true L. dorsalis, Cab., as also is Mr. Lort Phillips's example recorded by Capt.Shelley from Somali-laud (' Ibis,' 1885, p. 401). Mr. Jackson's specimen from Turquel ('Ibis,' 1891, p. 295) is also true L. dorsalis, with black inner secondaries. I should not be surprised, notwithstanding that Dr. Smith's specimens are determined as male and female, to learn that L. antinorii and L. dorsalis are sexes of the same species. Cf. Salvadori, M e m . R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 555 (1894). 59. LANIARIUS CRUENTUS. Dryoscopus cruentus (Riipp.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 462 Laniarius cruentus (H. & E.): Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 152 (1883); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 402. Rhoelophoneus cruentus, Salvad. M e m . R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 555 (1894). a. 2 ad. The Haud, July 25, 1894. 6. 2 ad. Dacheto, Aug. 10, 1894. Iris light brown; legs grey-c. d ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 23, 1894. Iris dark brown ; legs light grey. According to Heuglin, the range of this species is decidedly restricted to certain districts. He found it only along the African coast of the Red Sea from Suakin south to Adel-land, and he considers it to be a bird of the lowlands rather than of the mountains, which it seldom visits. 60. LANIARIUS POLIOCEPHALUS. Meristes olivaceus (nee V.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 466 (1871). Laniarius poliocephalus (Licht.); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 156 (1883) «. Ad. Bainhou, Jan. 10, 1895. Iris golden yellow ; legs grey. Antinori considered this species to extend no further than 8° or |