iJ/a pRioNOPiBj;. 



5. Tephrodornis virgatus. 



Laniiis A'irgatus, Temm. PI. Col. 256. fig. 1. 



Tephrodornis virgata, Swains. Classif. i?. ii. p. 221 ; Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 200. 

 Tephrodornis gularis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 67. 



Adult male. Above blue-grey, the forehead white, as also the 

 lower rump ; wing-coverts blue-grej- like the back, with concealed 

 blackish bases ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, externally 

 edged with blue-grey like the back, the secondaries so broadly as 

 to appear entirely of the same colour as the latter ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail black ; lores, nasal bristles, and feathers round the 

 eye and ear-coverts blue-black ; cheeks, sides of neck, and entire 

 under surface of body white, with a slight blush of greyish pink on 

 the breast ; under wing-coverts blue-grey ; bill black : feet blackish. 

 Total length 7'1 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-65, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Blue-grey, but much duller than the male ; the 

 forehead scarcely perceptibly whitish ; rump white ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail black, some of the outer tail-feathers marked with 

 white on the outer web, and tipped on the inner with the same ; 

 wings as in the male, but paler ; under surface of body white, with 

 a pinkish blush on the breast ; the blackish band on the sides of 

 the head much paler than in the male. Total length 7*2 inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 3-6, tail 2-85, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Java. 



a, b. Ad. st. Java. Purchased. 



e, (/. c? ? ad. sk. E. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



6. Tephrodornis gularis. 



Lanius gularis, Utijl. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 304. 



Tephrodornis gularis, Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xv. p. .304 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. 



A. S. B. p. 153 ; Bp. 'Consp. i. p. 357 ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. 

 Mus. E.I. Co. p. 171; Moore, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 272; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 394 ; Sahad. Tic. Born. p. 157. 

 Tephrolanius gularis, Bp. C. R. xxxix. p. 5.36. 

 Tephrodornis obscura, StoHcz. J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 320. 



Adult. Dull blue-grey above, the forehead paler and slightly 

 whitish ; rump-feathers tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts pure 

 white, the longer ones black ; quills and tail brown, the wing-coverts 

 and secondaries grey like the back, the primaries also washed ex- 

 ternally with grey ; nasal bristles, lores, and feathers above and 

 below the eye and ear-coverts blue-black ; checks white ; under 

 surface of body pale vinaceous grey, shading off into white on the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts greyish like 

 the inner lining of the wing. Total length 6-6 inches, culmen Q-B, 

 wing 3'9, tail 2'6.5, tarsus 0-7. 



Young. Browner than the adult, especially the quills and tail- 

 feathers, which have reddish shafts ; head rather greyer than the 

 back ; feathers of the lower back, wing- coverts, and quills obscurely 

 edged with lighter brown ; upper tail- coverts white, mottled with 



