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16. HYPOCOLIUS. 



Type. 



Hypocolius, Bp. Consj). i. p. 420 (1850) H. ampelinus. 



Wiug of Hypocolius ampelinus.' 

 Range. North-eastern Africa. Sindh. 



1. Hypocolius ampelinus. 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 420 ; Hevgl. Ibis, 1 868, 

 p. 181, pi. v.; id. Orn. N.O.-jifr. p. 420. no. 364, cxi. ; Salvad. 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 5.39 ; Blavf. Ibis, 1876, p. 388 ; Sol. P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 633 ; Blcmf. Sir. F. 1875, p. 358 ; Hume, t. c. p. 416. 



Cetlepyris isabelliua, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 32. no. 308. 



Lanius ampelinus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 392. no. 5962. 



Adult. General colour above ashy grey, slightly washed with 

 creamy buff on the rump ; head crested, deep isabeUiue, greyer on 

 the crown ; a narrow line of black running from the nostrils along 

 the base of the biU and joining the feathers in front of the eye, 

 which are also black ; ear-coverts and a nuchal band black, shaded 

 with grey, the hinder neck rather darker grey ; wing-coverts drab- 

 grev, like the back, bastard wing and primary-coverts ashy brown, 

 the" latter washed with clearer grey near the base and on the outer 

 web ; quills black, white towards their tips, shaded with brown at 

 their extreme ends, the secondaries ashy grey like the back, the 

 outer ones blackish on the inner webs ; tail grey, with a broad black 

 tip ; cheeks and throat creamy isabeUine, breast and sides of body 

 ashy grey, the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale creamy 

 isabeUine, the vent whitish; under wing-coverts isabeUine buff; 

 " biU horn-coloured, dusky towards the tip ; legs flesh-coloured " 

 (Blnnford). Total length 8-7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-95, tail 

 4*45, tarsus 0-95. 



Adidt female. Slightly smaller, olivascent greyish isabeUine ; the 

 head, the eyebrows, and the lores duller ; no black on the face or 

 nape ; the primaries cxternaUy margined with pale dusky grey, with 

 an abrupt and conspicuous white apical margin ; the black colour 

 at the tip of the tail less distinct ; under wing-coverts pale and dull 

 isabeUine. ( Von Heuglin.) 



