HYPOCOLIUS. 123 



Gen. Tephrodornis. — Siv. 



Bill moderately hooked at tip and notched ; nostrils at base hidden 

 by bristles. 



Tephrodornis pondiceriana, Omel S. N. i. p. 939; Bly. J. 

 A. S. B. 1846, p. 305; Jcrd. B. Ind. p. 410, No. 265; Hume, 

 Str. F. i. 435; Murray, Hdhlc, Zool, t^-c, 8ind, p. 134. Teph- 

 rodornis indica, Gat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 90. Tcntheca leucura, 

 Hodgs. Ind. Rev, i. p. 447. — The Common Wood-Shrike. 



Head, hind neck, scapulars, back and rump ashy brown ; the feathers 

 of the rump edged white ; superciliary streak fulvous white ; a dark 

 brown streak from the nostrils to the ear-coverts ; upper tail-coverts 

 dark brown ; wings dusky brown ; tail dark brown, with the two 

 outer feathers white, and margined dusky on the outer web at the tip, 

 basally dark brown ; chin and throat white ; breast and upper abdomen 

 greyish brown ; lower abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts white ; 

 bill dusky horny ; legs plumbeous ; irides greenish yellow. 



Length.— (j'h to 7 inches, wing 3-5, tail 2-75, bill at front 0*62. 



Hab. — India generally, Burmah, Assam, Bengal, extending to the foot 

 of the Himalayas. Occurs in the Deccan, North Guzerat, Kutch and 

 Kattiawar. In Sind it is a seasonal visitant, arriving in April, 

 breediug and leaving the Province early in September. I obtained 

 nestlings in May and June, and during July and August, of the eight 

 specimens collected five were young birds. None were seen in 

 September. Its presence is easily known by a very pretty, unmistakable 

 little song, quite unlike that of any of the Laniince. 



Sub-Family, CAMPEPHAGIN^E. 



Bill short, a few bristles at base ; nostrils rounded ; wings moderate ; 

 3rd to 5th quill longest ; tarsi transversely scaled. 



Gen. Hypocolius.— 5p. 



Bill hooked at tip, and notched; 3rd quill longest; feet scutellated ; 

 tail long, subcuneate. 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Bonaj), Gonsjy. i. p. 336 (1850); Hume, 

 Str. F. in. 358 ; v. 349 ; Murray, HdhJc, ZooL, ^-c, Sind, p. 135. 

 Ceblypyris isabeUina, Heugl. Si/st'. Uehers. Vog. N. 0. Africa ; Sitzungs- 

 her. K. Ahad. Wien. xix. p. 284, No. 308; Ihis. 1868, pp. 181, 182, 

 pi. v. 



Upper parts generally ashy grey, with a slight rufous tinge on the 

 head, which is more marked on the frontal portion where the feathers 

 are rather lighter and more isabelhne in tint ; feathers above the 

 nostrils, lower parts of the lores, all round the eye, and a band round 

 the nape black, so that there is a black ring all round the head, except 

 in the centre of the forehead; ear-coverts dark silver grey, looking 

 black in some lights in the preserved skin; primary quills black, with 

 rather long white tips, the tip on the first long ])riuiary being wholly, 

 and on the second partially, dusky ; outer secondaries black with grey 



