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8. CALICALICUS. 



Type. 



Calicalicus, Up. C. R. xxxviii. p. 535 (1854) C. mada-ruscariensis. 



Hjlophorba, Sclaier, F. Z. S. 1865, p. 32G C. madagascariensis. 



Head of Calicalicus madagascariensis S ■ 



Bill like that of a tj-pical Lanius ; nostrils oval, in front of a 

 coriaceous groove, partly covered by bristles. First primary some- 

 wbat longer than half the length of the next one ; tip of wing 

 formed by fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries. Tail square, shorter 

 than wings, the latter just covering the upper tail-coverts. Tarsus 

 anteriorly covered with transverse scales. The two first proximal 

 phalanges of the third and fourth toes joined together ; inner toe 

 much shorter than the fourth. Feathers of back and rump very 

 woolly. The sexes are different in plumage. 



Range. Madagascar. 



1. Calicalicus madagascariensis. 



Lanius madagascariensis minor, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 164, pi. 16. 

 Lanius madagascariensis, Linn. 8. N. 1766, i. p. 137; Schley. ^ 



Pollen, Fuiute Madmj. p. 99, pi. 27, J & $ (1868). 

 Pie grieche calicalic, Buff. PI. Enl. pi. 299. 

 Sclietba madagascariensis, Less. Traite dOrn. p. 374(1831). 

 Dryoscopus madagascariensis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 361 (1850). 

 Calicalicus madagascariensis, Bj). C. R. xxxviii. p. 535 (1854); Hartl. 



J'o(/. Madag. p. 50 ; Grandid. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 386 ; 



Milne-Edw. Sf Grandid. Hist. Madaq., Ots. pis. 164, 165. 

 Hylophorha ruticilla, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. .326, pi. 13 (§ ). 

 Pachvcephala madagascariensis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 389, no. 5910 



(1869). 



Adult male. Top of the head and back ashy grey ; scapulars, 

 median and lesser wing-coverts, rump and upper tail-coverts chest- 

 nut-red ; primary- and greater wing-coverts and the quills blackish 

 brown, edged with grey ; tail- — the terminal three quarters of the 

 central pair, the terminal half of the outer web of the outermost pair, 

 and the tips of the other three pairs brownish grey, the remainder 

 of the tail chestnut-red ; forehead, lores, and a narrow superciliary 

 stripe deep black, separated from the grey of the head by a very 

 narrow white band ; checks and lower part of the ear-coverts white; 

 chin, throat, and fore neck jet-black ; remainder of the under surface 

 of the body white, washed on the sides of the breast and especially 

 on the flanks with light chestnut-red; edge of wing chestnut-red; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; under surface of quills 

 blackish grey, internally edged with creamy white ; feathers of the 



