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Show 476 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, Zosterops tenella, Hartl.; Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi* art. 10, p. 8 (1886). a. d ad. Sillul, Aug. 7, 1894. Iris light brown. Feet dark grey. I believe that I have correctly identified this species, which is recorded by Dr. Reichenow from Masai-land on the Maeru Mountains, Aruscha, and Kilima-njaro. Fam. PARID^E. 54. PARUS THRUPPI. Parus thruppi, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 406, pi. xi. fig. 2. «. J ad. Milmil, July 27, 1894. Discovered by Mr. Lort Phillips near the centre of the Somali plateau. 55. iEGITHALUS MUSCULUS. JEgithalus musculus, Hartl.; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 29. a, b. d ad. Okoto, Sept. 8, 1894. Iris dark brown; legs bluish grey. This is an Equatorial species, which has not hitherto been recorded from Somali-land or East Africa. Fam. LANIID^E. 56. LANIUS ISABELLINUS. Lanius isabellinus, H. & E. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 475 (1871) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. viii. p. 277 (1883); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 158 (1894). A. J ad. Bunker Dagabourh, Dec. 22, 1894. Iris brown. Not plentiful in North-eastern Africa, south of 15° N. lat. in Kordofan; on the White Nile, in Senar, and in A byssinia; obtained by Ehrenberg near Quofuda, on the Arabian coast (Heuglin). It is a winter visitor to East Africa, according to Dr. Reichenow, and has been obtained at Bagamoyo, on the Pangani River, the Wembaere Steppes, Taveta, and Bukoba. 57. LANIUS HUMERALIS. Lanius humeralis, Stanl.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 486 (1871) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 130 (1884), vi. p. 240 (1888); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 597; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 157(1894). «. d ad. Tuago, Oct. 27, 1894. Iris dark brown. Heuglin says that this is a very common bird in Abyssinia, apparently a resident, but not found above 8000-10,000 feet. He collected it northwards to the Province of Takah, and to the southward to Fazogl, more rarely in Southern Kordofan, and on the White Nile. In Shoa the present species was met with by Antinori at Mahal- |
