. The Ibis . the few eggs examined ofthe Corsican Mistle-Thrush was a deep blue, and some eggsof the Spotted Flycatcher had also a decided blue ground. With regard to the nomenclature adopted, Dr. Hartertswork has been followed as far as it has already beenpublished, and I have to thank him for allowing me to makeuse of his unpublished manuscript notes on the names ofthe remaining species. XVI.—Notes on Laniarius W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, (Plate VI.) The genus Laniarius was created by Vieillot (Analyse,p. 41, no. 128, 1816), for the splendid Shrike first describedby Brisson as
. The Ibis . the few eggs examined ofthe Corsican Mistle-Thrush was a deep blue, and some eggsof the Spotted Flycatcher had also a decided blue ground. With regard to the nomenclature adopted, Dr. Hartertswork has been followed as far as it has already beenpublished, and I have to thank him for allowing me to makeuse of his unpublished manuscript notes on the names ofthe remaining species. XVI.—Notes on Laniarius W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, (Plate VI.) The genus Laniarius was created by Vieillot (Analyse,p. 41, no. 128, 1816), for the splendid Shrike first describedby Brisson as La Pie-grieche rouge du Senegal (Orn. 185, pi. xvii. fig. 2, 1760), and named Lanius harharusby Linnaius (S. N. i. p. 137, 1766). Le Vaillant figuredit under the name Le Gonolek (Ois. d^Afr. iii. p. 78, pi. 69,1799). It has the entire crown and nape dull golden-yellow, the lores, sides of the head and neck, as well as theupper parts, wings, and tail glossy black; the chin, throat. Ibis. 1912. PI. V» 1^ ^■ LANIARIUS MUFUMBIR West, imp. Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Graut on Lauiarius inufumbiri. 333 breast, and belly scarlet; the vent, under tail-coverts, andthiglis brownish cinnamon. The feathers of the lowerback and rump are soft, considerably lengthened and veryvoluminous, with concealed subterminal white spots. Dr. Gadow (Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 104, 1883), in hisKey to the Genera of Malaconotime, seems to infer thatin the genus Laniarius the feathers of the lower back arenot fluffy as in Dryoscopiis ; but, as already stated, thisis a mistake, though possibly due to the way in whichthe key is worded. The remarkabW handsome species,L. barbarus, which ranges from Senegal to the Niger, hasalways been readily recognised from all other species ofLaniarius by its yellow crown ; but last year a new speciesof the same type was discovered in the Mufumbiro Yolcanos,and specimens were brought home almost simultaneouslyby Mrs. M. Roby and Mr. T. V. Fox. As will be seen by
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