22. LAKITTS. 



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Adult. The birds belonging to L. bentet (Java, Lombock, and 

 Timor) may briefly be described as a small form of L. schach, with 

 the black frontal band extending to the level of the eyes and 

 gradually passing into the grey of the crown of the head. The black 

 superciliary streak is generally broader than in L. schach, and ex- 

 tends a little backwards over the ear-coverts to the sides of the 

 neck. In all the other parts these insular birds resemble the large 

 continental Chinese form in the minutest details. 



The sexes are perfectly alike in plumage : and the young birds 

 have the same colours and markings as those of the allied species. 



Ohs. Two specimens from Sumatra and one specimen from Java 

 differ from all the others in having the scapulars of a very light buff- 

 coloirr, and the terminal half shading off into creamy white. In 

 the Java specimen mentioned above and in a second from Lombock 

 the black colour occupies the greater part of the head, gradually 

 passing into brownish black and then into ashy brown on the occiput 

 and hind neck. 



Measurements : — Total length 9-9-5 inches ; culmcn about 0-75 

 inch. 



Wins 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



