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Fam. Laniadce, Vigors. 

 Genus Dicrurus, Vieill. — Edolius, Temm. 



47. Dicrurus Balicassius, Corvus Balicassius, Linn. 



48. Dicrurus ccerulescens , Linn. Lanius Fingah, Shaw, t. 7. p. 291. 



Genus Hypsipetes, Vigors. 

 49 Hypsipetes Ganeesa. Hyps.griseo-brunnea, subtus pallidior ; 

 alis remigibusque brunneis ; capite suprh vix cristato metallice 

 atro. 



Longitudo corporis 10 unc, caudce 4. hides intense rufo- 

 brunnese. 

 Tongue bifid, and deeply fringed ; sexes exactly alike. Stony 

 fruit found in the stomach. Neck short, and head sunk into 

 the shoulders ; flight very rapid. Found only in the dense woods 

 of the Ghauts. The tongue is that of Pastor ■, the legs those of 

 Dicrurus. 



Genus Collurio, Vigors. 



50. Collurio Lahtora. Coll. pallide griseus ; strigajrontali per 



oculos utrinque ad nucham extendente, alis, rectricibusque mediis 

 nigris ; corpore subtus, fascia alarum, scapularium marginibus, 

 rectricibus externis, apicibusque duarum sequentium albis. 

 Longitudo corporis 9| unc, caudce 4|. 

 This is the variety C. of Lanius Excubitor of Dr. Latham. It is 

 closely allied to the North American and European Lan. Ex- 

 cubitor, but differs in the black bar extending across the fore- 

 head. The male has a sweet note. 



51. Collurio erythronotus , Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc. I. p. 42. 

 This bird differs from the Lan. Bentet of Dr. Horsfield only in the 



crown being ash-coloured instead of black, and in the defined 

 black bar across the forehead. 



52. Jun.? abdomine graciliterjasciato. 



Supposed young of the above. Length 7| inches : tail 3 T V. 



53. Collurio Hardwickii, Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Sec, I. p. 42. Bay- 



bached small Shrike, Lath. 



Genus Lanius, Auct. 



54. Lanius Muscicapo'ides, Frankl. Keroula Shrike, Lath. 



A rare bird. Colonel Sykes's specimen, a female, corresponds 

 with Major Franklin's specific characters, and with his spe- 

 cimen, a male bird. 



Genus Graucalus, Cuv. 



55. Graucalus Papuensis, Cuv. Corvus Papuensis, Gmel. Papuan 



Crotv, Lath. 

 Irides rich lake. 



Genus Ceblepyris, Cuv. 



56. Ceblepyris jimbriatus, Temm. Echenilleur Jrange, 9 PI. Col. 



hides orange. 

 Colonel Sykes's birds, full-grown males, correspond only to the 



