306 Sir T. S. Raffles's Descriptive Catalogue 



6. LANIUS leucorhynciios, Linn. 



Is seven inches and a half in length, and of a thick form and 

 make. Bill light blue, darker at the point, strong, conic, 

 somewhat arched, slightly notched, and scarcely hooked at 

 the point. This species is peculiar in having the wings as long 

 as the tail, and the first feather the longest. In most others it 

 is the fourth feather which is the longest. The back, head 

 and throat are of a greyish-brown ; wing- and tail-feathers 

 darker ; breast, abdomen, rump, upper and lower tail-coverts 

 white. Sides of the abdomen, under the wings, grey. Legs 

 blackish. 



7. LANIUS CORONATUS. 



BuRONG J'rI. *y>. £jJ 



This is rather a large species, being upwards of ten inches in 

 length. The feathers of the head rise into a kind of cone be- 

 hind, and two of them are particularly elongated, being two 

 inches in length, and form a crest, which is directed upwards 

 and backwards. The bill is black, strong, straight, com- 

 pressed, hooked and notched at the point, roundly carinate 

 above. Nostrils large and roundish. Five or six strong bris- 

 tles at the angle of the upper mandible. The colour of the bird 

 is an uniform chesnut-brown, which becomes darker on the 

 feathers of the tail and crest. There is a remarkable white 

 spot on each side of the neck, immediately above the shoulder. 

 Tail about four inches long ; the wings extend nearly half its 

 length. Legs blue ; claws very strong. 



8. LANIUS Malabaricus, Lath. 

 Buro.ng Saw eh = oj^ cjyi 



9. LANIUS 



