256 ORNITHOLOGY. 



SCOPS OWL. 



A small owl of the genus scops Mr. BIyth says inhabits 

 Arracan, and, may not improbably be found in these Pro- 

 vinces. 



Scops Icttia. 



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ATHENC OWL. 



Two different species of small owls, belonging to the 

 crenus athene, inhabit the Provinces. The first is of a 

 more uniform rufous colour than the other members of 

 the tribe. 



.•1 thene castanopterus. 



" cucu bides, 

 Snctucu 

 SscgoSn O0JOO9JC30J. SodcSSu 



TOOTH-BILLED BIRDS. 



Of the Dentirostres, birds with a notch in the bill, the 

 Provinces furnish numerous species of shrikes, bulbouls, 

 thrushes, babblers, orioles, stonechats, warblers, wagtails, 

 fruit-eaters, fly-catchers, and broad-bills. 



WHITE-BELLIED SHRIKE. 



This is a new species of shrike, of which I sent Mr. 

 Blyth his only specimen. He describes it as "very closely 

 allied to L. Hardwickii, Vigors: from which it differs — 

 1, in having the entire crown nigrescent, passing gradual- 

 ly from the black of the forehead to dark ashy on the 

 nape ; the ear-coverts being uniformly coloured with the 

 feathers superiorly adjacent : — 2, in having the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts of the same deep maronne colour as the 

 back and scapularies : — 3, in the much greater develop- 

 ment of the ferruginous margins of the great wing- 

 coverts and tertiaries : — and 4, in having the under-parts 

 uniformly white, a little subdued, and tinged with a very 

 faint blush, but having no trace of rufous on the flanks 

 and elsewhere." 



Lanius hypokucos, Blyth. 



