12 



(, f M LLU8. — B measured at gape equals outer toe 



without claw. 



7s I., iiirlaiiops. Lath., Black faced Cuckoo Shrike. 



• black or dark elate colour; forehead feathers round eye, 



ml bhroal black ti and breast grey, shading 



into white <>n abdomen and under tail coverts. Culmen, io."> in. 

 Dbroat and forehead - 

 l to i. I 



i.. \>;\v\ irostris, Gld. (sub-sp. of ('• melanops), Small billed 

 ( !uckoo;Shrike. 



Thr«.at black or dark slate colour ; forehead feathen round eye, 

 sidei 1 throat black; fore-neck and breasl grey, shading 



into white on aliiloim n and under tail coverts. Culmen, 0*85 in. 

 Eab. : 5. 

 80. 4.. ii> polciK'iis. Gld., White bellied ( in koo-Shrike. 



Entire abdomen and flanks pare white ; thighs white, with obscure 

 . bars; hinder eyelid grey ; throat grey. 

 Hah. : I, 2, 3. 



s i ill. HM'iHalis, Vi_ r . and Hors., Little Cuckoo-Shrike. 

 Throal adult. 



a of abdomen and under tail coverts pure while : 

 breast entirely grey, like throat ; thighs dark slaty-grey, contrasting 

 with under surface ; hindei rim of eyelid white. 



During first few months the throat, chest, and back of neck are 

 jet-blsck, while breast and abdomen are rayed with obscure arrow- 

 ed black markings on white ground. 

 Hab. : 1 to I. 6. 



B2. <.. linratiis. Swainson, Barred Cuckoo-Shrike. 



Lowei breast and abdomen barred with black and white. 

 Hab. . 2, 3, 4. 



II K »1 .1 1>< > MA. —Bill narrower, measured at gape less than outer 

 toe (without claw). 



E« f ninirostre, Jardine (Campephaga jardinii, Bupp. ), Jardine'i 



• 

 Adult Male. Lores black : all upper and under surfaces deep 

 bhe primaries and secondaries, basal three-fourti 



up- primaries, secondaries, and 



id black 

 aale has whole of upper surface, wings, and tail brown ; the 

 ne. k. the breast, and flanks with arrow 

 brovi n ni.ii ks in i entre. 



9 6 in. ; bill, 1 in. ; w!ng, 6 in. ; tail. 42.') in. 



M de. Bluish-brown above ; wings and tail as in female; 

 ed with nnmeroua black bai b. 



■ i 



li tail by length of tarsus. 



& » I>. tricolor. Bi White-shouldered Cat* iter. 



l'i white both in male and female. General 



• male, above black, the wins white; tail 



• two wit h w In' i u, under 



surfs e, and nndei wingeoverti wl 



Brown above, the ramp feal upper tail 



v. ith narrow wl eov< 



I brown with w hit. a uli white 



rest of under body yellowish 



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