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252. C» destructor, Temm. (C. torquatus, Lath.), Butcher-bird 



(Collared Crow-Shrike). 

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

 breast brownish ; cuhnen, 1 '25 to 1 "5 in. 

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



253. C. ciliereilS, Old. (sub-sp. of C. destructor, Temm.), Grey Butcher- 



bird. 

 Has larger bill — 1-45 in. 

 Hab. : 5. 



254. C Spaldingi, Masters, Spalding Butcher-bird. 



Like C. quoyi : bases of all feathers above and below slaty-brown, 

 and not dull white, as in C. quoyi (Masters). This is not recognized 

 \iniversally as a good species. 

 Hab. : L 



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



Upper surface rufous ; back streaked with buff and brown ; crown 

 of head to mantle black, streaked Avith tawny rufous ; under surface 

 tawny buff ; under tail coverts rufous. 

 Hab. : 2. 



Sub-family — Pachycephalin^. 



Culmen curved downwards throughout its length, or the bill considerably 

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

 imperfect operculum. 



Genus— FALCUNCULUS. — Crested ; secondaries graduated. 



256. F. frOIltatUS. Lath , Yellow-bellied Shrike-Tit. 



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

 female has throat green. 

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



257. F. leilCOgaster, Gld., White-bellied Shrike Tit. 



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

 abdomen, and flanks entirely white instead of yellow. 

 Hab. : 9. 



Genus— OREOICA.— Crested. 



258. O. Cristata, Lewin, Bell-bird (Crested Oreoica). 



Adult Male. — General colour above reddish-brown ; head light 

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

 black stripe 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 

 white. 



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

 and upper breast nearly uniform reddish-brown. 



Total length, 8 4 in. ; bill, O'S in ; wing, 4-1 in. ; tail, 35 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1"1 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Genus— EOPSALTRIA.— Bill at nostrils broader than high. 



259. E. australis, Lath., Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin (Yellow Robin). 



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

 Hab. : 3, 4. 



260. £. magnirostris, Gld. (E. chrysorrhous), Yellow-rumped Shrike- 



Robin. 



Gould, Ann. Mag. of N. H., iv., p. 109. 



Rump and breast beautiful jonquil-yellow. Culmen larger than 

 in E. australis. 



Hab. : 2, 3. 



