90 CAMPOrit.VGID.'E. 



Adult mnle. General colour above lig:ht grey, some of the rump- 

 feathers and upper tail-coverts with hoary white margins ; head all 

 round, nape, hind neck, sides of the latter, and t'oro neck glossy 

 black ; breast and sides of the bod}' light grey ; entire abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts pure white ; thighs slate-colour ; scapulars and 

 least wing-coverts grey like tho back ; rest of the wing-coverts 

 glossy black, margined with grey ; primary-coverts entirely black ; 

 quills black, the primaries obsoletely edged with white, broader on 

 the secondaries ; two centre tail-feathers grey, the rest black, tipped 

 with white, the white tips becoming broader towards the outer 

 feather ; under wing-coverts white, the axilLiries and small coverts 

 near the lower bend of the wing shaded with grey ; quills ashy 

 blackish below, white for more tlian half of the inner web ; " bill 

 and feet black ; iris dark red-brown " (Jerdon). Total length 7'2 

 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-75, tail 3, tarsus O'To. 



Adidt female. General colour above grey, lighter on the lower 

 back and rump, the upper tail-coverts with dusky cross bars ; wings 

 browner tl\an the back, the feathers washed with grey, the greater 

 and median coverts and quills edged with white, the primary-coverts 

 not margined ; tail much as in the male, the outer feathers having 

 the terminal spot mottled with brown cross markings ; under sur- 

 face of body greyish white, narrowly barred with dusky blackish 

 cross lines, disappearing towards the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts, which are pure white ; thighs dull white, barred with dusky ; 

 lores greyish white ; feathers in front of eye dusk)^ ; ear-coverts 

 dull greyish white, with distinct white shaft-streaks and mottled 

 with dusky cross bars ; checks barred like the under surface ; under 

 w ing-coverts resembling the breast, the cross lines on the greater 

 series rather more zigzag and longitudinal. Total length 7"2 

 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 3-6, tail 3, tnrsus 0-8. 



Head of Lalage sykesi, to show extent of black on the tliroat. 

 Hah, Indian peninsula and Ceylon. 



a. $ ad. sk. India. \V. AVilson Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. S ad. sk. Madras. Kev. H. H. Baber [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Madras. Dr. .lerdon [P.]. 



