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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- 



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( From Nature. ) 



Fig. 116. Grey " Coly-Slirike." Hijpocolius ampelinus 



green, with markings of brown, rufous, or purple. Those of the 

 isabelline-coloured Htj^wcolius 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 



