90 Mr. Swainson's descriptions 



and middle of the bodi/ are whitish, and unspotted ; but round 

 the breast RTB ten or twelve transverse bands of black lines. Tarsi 

 rather long and cinereous. Irides crimson. 



Total length 51, bill r^, wings, 2|, tail, 2, tarsi, 1. 



Obsf.uvatigns. — Found in the same situations as T.fasciatusy 

 but infinitely more rare. I never met with the female. 



5. Thamnophilus ncevius. 



Spotted Bush-Shrike. 



7\ supra cinereus, infra pallidior; vertice nigra ; rectricium nigra" 



rum obtusarum apicibus albis ; rectrice externa macula alba 



marginali fasciatd. 

 T. above cinereous, beneath paler; crown black, tail feathers 



black, obtuse, tipt with white, the outer feather with a white 



marginal spot. 



Spotted Shrike. Latham. Syn. 1st Ed. 1. 190. 

 Lanius naevius. Gm. 308. Ind. Orn. 1. 81. 51. 

 Le Tachet.— Le Vail. Ois. d'Af. 2. PI. 77. f. 1. 

 Lanius naevius. Shaw, Gen. Zool. 8.2. 325. 



Leach, Zool. Mis. tab. 17. 



Lanius punctatus. Shaw Gen. Zool. 8. P. 2. p. 327. 



This species, originally described from a specimen in the British 

 Museum, requires elucidation. Dr. Latham, and after him. Dr. 

 Leach, have both said that the upper plumage is black ; — this how- 

 ever is an oversight, for by a reference to the Museum specimen, 

 I find the ground colour of the upper parts to be dark cinereous ; 

 the crown black, and a spot of the same colour on the back^ 

 where the concealed part of the feathers are also variegated with 

 white. The wings are black, the inner covers white, the lesser 

 covers spotted with white, and the under plumage pale cinereous ; 

 tail-covers black, tipt with white ; the tail is rounded, the fea- 

 thers obtuse, and tipt with white ; the outer feather on each side 

 is alone marked by a central white spot across their exterior webs. 

 In this character, as well as in the less robust form of its bill, and 

 its comparatively short tarsi, it differs from T.pileaius^ while 



