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Show 1885.] BIRDS FROM KILIMA-NJARO. 225 have compared it, than with the equatorial race, H. constantia, Sharpe. Only one specimen seen at Taveita, in the forest: it must be scarce, as the natives appear to have no name for it. 14. ALSEONAX MINIMA (Heugl.). Muscicapa minima, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 435, pi. 18. f. 1. d, 4000 ft.; d , 6000 ft.; d, 7000 ft. 15. MUSCICAPA JOHNSTONI. Muscicapa johnstoni, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 558. 2, 6000 ft. Found on the southern slope of the mountain just above Moshi, on the borders of the cultivated district. 16. LANIUS CAUDATUS, Cab. Lanius caudatus, Gadow, Cat. B. Brit Mus. viii. p. 254 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 344. d » 3000 ft. In immature plumage. This species affects the desert and waterless districts at the foot of the mountain, where it perches upon the low shrubs, and pounces upon the grasshoppers, which are very abundant in these districts, and form its principal food. 17. LANIUS COLLARIS, Linn. Lanius collaris, Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. 1883, p. 255. Lanius humeralis, Fischer, Zeitsch. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 344. d, 4000 ft.; d 2 , 5000 ft. ; d, 6000 ft.; 2 2 , 7000 ft. One of the commonest birds on the mountain, and very bold. 18. DRYOSCOPUS SUBLACTEUS, Cass. Dryoscopus sublacteus, Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. 1883, p. 140; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 348. d, 3000 ft. ; d, 5000 ft.; d, 8000 ft. 19. DRYOSCOPUS CUBLA (Shaw). Dryoscopus cubla, Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 148; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 345. d 2 , 3000 ft.; d, 5000 ft.; d, not labelled. The female had the irides scarlet. 20. CRATEROPUS KIRKI, Sharpe. Crateropus IcirJd, Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 316. d, 5000 ft. Very common and bold. |
