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composed of twigs and grass, or of moss and leaves, is usually 
very shallow, and is covered with lichens and ‘spiders’ webs ; it 
is placed on slender branches of trees, or more rarely in bushes. 
The two to five Shrike-like eggs are brownish, whitish, or apple- 
Fic. 116.—Grey “ Coly-Shrike.” Hypocolius ampelinus. x5. (From Nature.) 
ereen, with markings of brown, rufous, or purple. Those of the 
isabelline-coloured Hypocolius ampelinus, which possibly belongs 
to the Ampelidae, are white with plumbeous spots. 
Fam. XIII. Dicruridae.—The Drongos, usually associated 
with the Laniidae, range throughout the Ethiopian, Indian, and 
Australian regions, as far east as New Britain and New Ireland 
