I'RIOXOPID.?:. 



5. LEPTOPTERUS. ^ype. 



Leptopteruia, Bp. C. R. xxxix. p. 5.18 (1854) L. chabert. 



Head of Leptoptcrus chahe.rf. 

 Range. Confined to ^Madagascar. 



1. Leptopterus chabert. 



La petite Pie-grieclie verte de Madagascar, Brigs. Urn. ii. p. 195, 



pi. lo. fig. 3. 

 Green Shrike, Zafh. Gen. Si/n. i. p. 179. 

 La Tcha-bert, S»f. PI. Ent 32. fig. 1. 

 Laniiis chabert, P. L. S. 3IiiU. 8i/d. Xat. Auhang, p. 72. 

 Lanius violaceus, Bodd. Tahh Pi. Enl. p. 3. 

 Lanius viridis, Gm. S. X. i. p. 300 (e.c Lath.). 

 Leptopteryx viridis, Waaler, Si/st. Av. Leptopteryx, sp. 7. 

 Artamia viridis, Lafr. Diet. Univ. d' Hi-it. Nat. ii. p. 166 ; Grand. 



Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 386; ScM. Sf Poll. Faun. Madag. 



Ois. p. 84, pi. 27 ; Sharpe, P Z. S. 1870, p. 389 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 62. 

 Analcipus hirundinaceus, Siv. An. in Menag. p. 284. 

 I>eptopteru3 ^-iridis, Bp. C. R. xxxix. p. 538 ; Hartl. Faun. Madaq. 



p. 48; Eoch 8f E. Xeu-t. Ibis, 1862, p. 273; E. Keict. Ibis, 1863, 



p. 348 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 835. 

 Artamus viridis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xvii. p. 299; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 285 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 290. 



Adult male. Above shining greenish black, the hind neck and 

 mantle mottled with subterminal white spots to the feathers ; head 

 and sides of face shining blue-black ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail- 

 feathers greenish black, with distinct edges of shining green to the 

 feathers ; cheeks and entire under surface of body pure silky white, 

 the flank-feathers long and greyish ; thighs black ; under wing- 

 coverts greenish black, the feathers edged with shining green ; 

 " beak grepsh pearl ; feet black ; iris brown ; eye-wattle clear 

 blue" {Grandidier). Total length 6-2 inches, culmeu 0-75, wing 

 3-75, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-75. 



06s. A young bird, which has not quite completed the full plu- 

 mage, has the rump greyish, with green edges to the feathers ; the 

 secondaries edged with grey ; on the head the feathers are brown, 

 minutely spotted and streaked with dull white. 



Hah. Xorth-western Madagascar. 



a, b. .\d., c. Juv. sk. Madagascar. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Madagascar. K. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. .\d. sk. Mohambo, Madagascar. Mr. Gerrard [C.]. 



