9. LALAGE. 



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d. J ail. sk. Tvavaufore. Capt. BickUiljili [C.]. 



«, f-d^adsk. Mysore. Capt.C.H.T. Marshall [P.]. 



(/.' 2 ad. sk. \'ingorla, Jan. 1809. Colonel Sturt [P.]. 



'h. d" ad. sk. Mahabaleshwur Hills. Colonel Sturt [P.! 



>\j- 6 $ ad.sk. Ne\varaEliya,Ceylon. Mr. E. Boate [C.J. 



h. cS ad. sk. Ceylon. Huorh Ciiminf^, Esq. [C.]. 



/. J ad., «i. d".i nv.sk. Central Provinces, A. Whyte, Esq. [C.]. 

 Ceylon. 



Subsp. a. Lalage melanothorax. 



Similar to L. s^j/lrsi, but with a very much larger bill ; the whole 

 head and neck and the throat and chest glossy steel-black, extend- 

 ing much further down than in L. syl-esi. Total length 7'5 inches, 

 culmen 0*8, win_g •1-2, tail 3-2, tarsus OS. 



Head of Lalage mekmollioriix, to show extent of black on the throat. 

 Huh. Madras. 

 <t. 2 ad. St. Madras. Rev. H. H. Ikber [p.]. 



2. Lalage melanoleuca. 



Pseudolalage melanoleuca, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxx. p. 97 ; Walden, 

 Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 178, pi. 29. fig. 2; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new 

 series, vol. i. p. 351. 



Pseudolalage melanictera, Schter, Ibis, 1862, p. 78 (lajisu cal.). 



Lalage melanoleuca, Hartl. J. f. O. 1866, p. 163; Von Martens, 

 J.f. O. 1866, p. 12. 



Campephaga melanictera, G'rai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 339, no. 5129. 



Adult. General colour above glossy greenish black, including the 

 scapulars and all the wiug-covcrts excei)t the innermost of the 

 median series, which are pure white, the iniiermost of the greater 



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