308 Sir T. S. Raffles's Descriptive Catalogue 



female the feathers of the throat and breast are whitish mot- 

 tled with grey and brown ; and several of the wing-coverts are 

 also white with reddish-brown shades. All the colours are 

 duller than in the male. 



11. LANIUS MACROURUS. 



Turdus macrourus, Gmel. 



Chang chooi of the Sumatrans. i_?jf-^ 



Nearly resembles the preceding, but has the abdomen of a bright 

 ferruginous colour, while the rump and lower tail-feathers are 

 white. The tail is considerably longer than the body ; in the 

 former it is of about equal length. This species also wants 

 the white spot on the wings. It is about ten inches and a half 

 in length, and has even a finer and sweeter note than the last. 

 They are, in fact, the Nightingales of the eastern islands. 

 Both kinds throw up and spread their tails in the manner of 

 the Wagtails. 



12. LANIUS*. 



Is also nearly related to the two preceding, but is much smaller, 

 being only five inches and a half in length. It is of the same 

 shining blueish-black above, but is white on all the under- 

 pays. The throat and abdomen are pure white, while the 

 breast is shaded with a light grey. The rump is white, as in 

 the preceding species, but the whole of the tail-feathers are 

 black. The tail is rather shorter than the body. In all these 

 three species the bill is straight, somewhat compressed, curved 

 at the point, and moderately notched. 



The two first are frequent in all the Malay countries ; the lat- 

 ter I have only very recently procured ; but it is probably not 

 uncommon. 



* Muscicapa ubscura. Horsfield, p. 146. 



13. LANIUS 



