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Watling's note is : " This bird is about the size of the common 

 English owl. Native name Boo-hook." The figure is the type 

 of the species, Latham's name having been founded upon it. 



No. 25. White-faced Owl, Latham [MS.] ; id., Gen. Hist. B., 

 i., p. 334 (1821). 



This is Strix delicatula, Gould. Watling's note : " One-third 

 natural size. Native name Boo-hook." 



No. 26. Hook-billed Shrike, var. A, of Latham, Gen. Syn., 

 Suppl. ii., p. 70. 

 Lanius curvirostris, Lath., Ind. Oru., i., p. 72. 



This is a Cracticus, and seems to be G. leucoi^terus, Gould. 

 It has, of course, nothing to do with Lanius curvirostris of 

 Linnreus, which is a Vanga from Madagascar. Watling's note is : 

 " Two-thirds natural size. Native name Karro-hee-7-ang." 



No. 27. Clouded Shrike, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 73. 

 Lanius torquatus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xviii. 



This figure is the type of Laniits torquatus, Lath., which has 

 generally been referred to Cracticus destructor. 



Dr. Gadow considered the description of the Clouded Shrike 

 to be insufficient for recognition. There can, however, be no 

 doubt that the identification is correct, and L. torquatus 

 becomes a synonym of C. destructor, as was determined by 

 Gray, Cabanis, and other good ornithologists, Watling's note : 

 "This drawing is about the natural size." 



No. 28. Robust Shrike, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., 

 p. 74. 



Lanius rohustus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xviii. 



This seems to me to be intended for Graucalus melanops 

 (Lath.), founded on the Black-faced Crow of Latham, Gen. Syn., 

 Suppl. ii., p. 116. One of '• Lambert's drawings " is described by 

 him, and in his Supplement to the " Index Ornithologicus " he 

 gives it the name of Corvus melanops, having apparently forgotten 

 that he had described it previously from Watling's Drawings 

 as Lanius rohustus. The name should therefore be Graucalus 

 rohustus, though, as the two birds are described in the same work, 

 it may not be deemed expedient to enforce a priority of only 

 a few pages. Watling's note is merely "natural size." 



No. 29. Erect Shrike, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 74. 

 Lanius erectus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xviii. 



This looks like a black-headed Pachycepliala, but it has a 

 pale yellowish bill, a white throat, greenish back, and pale yellow 

 under-surface. I have not been able to identify the species. 

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