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Show 606 DR. R. B O W D L E R SHARPS O N [May 22, pi. v.), but is not quite so fiery-orange below. Judging from limited material at my command, it seems probable that the birds from Nyika, Kilimanjaro, and Kenya will be found to be inseparable.- R. B. S.] 42. DRYOSCOPUS .ETHIOPICUS. Laniarius cethiopicus, Gm.: Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 53 (1896); Neum. J. f. O. 1899, p. 406. Nos. 78, cf ad.; 81, $ imm. Western slope, Mount Kenya (8000 feet), Sept. 10, 14, 1899. Bill black; legs and feet bluish grey ; iris hazel. These birds were shot at the junction of the lower forest and bamboo zones. 43. LANIUS HUMERALIS. Lanius humeralis, Stanl.: Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 597. Fiscus collaris (Linn.) : Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 51 (1896). No. 17. cf ad. Nairobi Forest (5500 feet), July 17, 1899. Bill, legs, and feet black; iris dark brown. Chiefly met with in the native banana shambas. Known to the Masai natives as " Ndare-tiki." 44. GEOCICHLA PIAGGL#). Geocichla piaggice, Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 171, pi. xi. (1881) Sharpe in Seebohm Monogr. Turdidae, p. 41, pi. xiii. (1898). Tarduspiaggii, Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 88 (1896). No. 82. Camp 18, western edge of Mount Kenya, 8000 feet, Sept. 14, 1899. Bill black ; feet pale pinkish brown; iris hazel. Shot at extreme lower edge of bamboo zone. Bare : the only specimen observed. 45. PlNAROCHROA ERNESTI. Pinarochroa ernesti, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxxvi (Jan. 1900). Nos. 35, 36. cf 2 ad. Western slope, Mount Kenya (10,000 feet), Aug. 20, 1899. Bill, legs, and feet black ; iris hazel. Nos. 61, 62. cf ad. Teleki Valley (13,000 feet), Sept. 2, 1899. Nos. 65, 66. cf ad. Western slope, Mount Kenya (10,000 feet), Sept. 3, 1899. Occurs in numbers among tree-heath and low scrub; found up to alt, of 13,000 feet from immediately above bamboo zone. [This species, which is identical with the Pinarochroa of Mt. Elgon, is certainly distinct from P. hypospodia of Kilimanjaro. The latter is grey underneath, the throat and breast being of the same tint, aud the under wing-coverts and axillaries are also greyish. In the other two species, P. sordida and P. ernesti, the under wing-coverts and axillaries are rufous ; the lower surface of the body is also rufescent, with an indication to a grey throat. P. ernesti |