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Show 580 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [May 3, two males and a female from the Gold Coast, and a male from the Congo, of T. minutus, the black on the scapulars is strongly marked as in the type specimen. This species ranges from Lamo to the Quanza, in Angola. 85. DRYOSCOPUS SUBLACTEUS. Laniarius suBlacteus (Cassin), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 347. Dryoscopus suBlacteus, Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 207; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 259; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 274; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 277, 303 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 346 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, p. 189. Malaconotus suBlacteus, Cab. J. f. O. 18/8, p. 224. Lamo ; Melinda ; Pangani. I only know of this species from the Zanzibar coast and the Gaboon. Cassin's type was procured in the latter locality. 86. DRYOSCOPUS CUBLA. Laniarius cuBla (Shaw), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 345. Dryoscopus cuBla, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 714; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 224. Lamo ; Melinda ; Pangani; Usambara hills. Two adult males, compared with Natal specimens, agree perfectly ; while two adult females have rather less white on the margins of the wing-feathers than any of m y South-African specimens. This species ranges throughout South Africa, and extends northward, on the east coast, to Lamo. 87. DRYOSCOPUS AFFINIS. Laniarius afiinis, G. R. Gray, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 348. Laniai'ius salima?, Finsch & Hartl. torn. cit. p. 349, pi. 5, fig. 3. Laniarius orientalis, Finsch & Hartl. torn. cit. p. 351, pi. 5. fig. 2. Dryoscopus salima, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 714; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 224 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 258 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 274; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 303. Dryoscopus afiinis, Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 207; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 357 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 258 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 274 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 127. Lamo; Melinda; Pangani; Usambara mountains; Dar-es-Salaam. In seven males I find a perfect gradation between typical D. afiinis and typical D. salima?; and there can be no doubt that D. orientalis is nothing but the female. This species ranges from Lamo to Dar-es- Salaam, and crosses the continent to the Gaboon. 88. LANIARIUS SULPHUREIPECTUS. Laniarius sulfureipectus (Less.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 356; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 346. Melinda. This species ranges throughout Africa south of about 15° N. lat. |