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252. i\ destructor* Temm. (C. torquatus, Lath.), Butcher-bird 



(( !ollared Crow Shrike). 

 Threat white; back grey; flanks brownish; sides of upper 

 tat brownish ; culmen, 1 "25 to I '5 in. 

 Bab. : (2), 3, 4, 6, 7. 9. 



253. i\ riii«'r<*us. Gld. (sub-sp. of C. destructor, Temm.), Grey Batcher- 



bird. 

 Has larger lull— 1*45 in. 

 Sab : 5. 



254 r. spaldiiiifi. Blasters, Spalding Butcher-bird. 



Like ('. qnoyi : bases of all feathers above and below slaty-brown. 

 ■ad not <lull white, as in ( '. quoyi (Masters). This is not recognised 

 universally as a good species. 

 Bab. : 1. 



255 C. ruiVscriis, De Vis, Rufous Butcher-bird. 



l'|.j.. i surf* e rufous ; back streaked with buff and brown ; crown 

 oi head to mantle black, Btreaked with tawny rufous ; under surface 

 tawny buff; under tail coverts rufous. 

 Bab. : 2. 



Sub-family — Pachycephalia:. 



Culmen curved downwards throughout its length, or the bill considerably 

 flattened near its base; nostrils in a coriaceous groove, with an 

 imperfect operculum. 



Genus — FALJ IUNCULUS. — Crested ; secondaries graduated. 



256. F. froiifatus. Lath , yellow-bellied shrike Tit. 



Under surface yellow : back olive-green. Male has throat black ; 

 female has throat green. 

 Hah. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



257. F. leUCOgaster, Gld., White-bellied 8hrike Tit. 



Very like F. Erontatus, but has lower part of breast, whole 

 abdomen, and flanks entirely white instead of yellow. 

 Hab. : !». 



< .km-s— OREOICA.— Crested. 

 O. rristnta. Lewin, Bell-bird (Crested Oreoica). 



Adult Male. -Genera] colour above reddish-brown; head light 

 j , but forehead and lores white ; crest deep brownish-black ; 

 black stupe extends over cheeks and unites with black of lower 

 throat ; chin and upper part of throat white, enclosed by above- 

 mentioned black stripe ; lower part of throat, fore-neck, and upper 

 part of breast deep brownish black ; lower breast and abdomen 

 * bite. 



Adult Female. — Lighter in colour, and has the lower throat 

 ami upper breast nearly uniform reddish-brown. 



bal length, 8 4 in. ; bill, 0'8 in ; wing, 4*1 in.; tail, 8*5 in. ; 

 -. II in. 

 Hab. : 1, '_>, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



s EOP8ALTRIA. Bill at nostrils broader than high. 

 II. au>tralis. Lath., Fellow-breasted Shrike Robin (Yellow Robin). 

 Abdomen bright yellow, only upper throat whitish. Culmen, 0*7 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4. 

 200. F. inamiirost ris. Old. (E. chrysorrhons), Yellow rumped Shrike- 

 Robin. 



Gould, Ann M,i» of \. M , iv., p. 10!». 



Rump an«l breast beautiful jonquil-yellow. Culmen larger than 



a lis. 

 Hab. : 2, 3. 



