240 LITTLE GREY-HEADED BUSH-SHRIKE. 



cannot be varied from that already given of the 

 greater species; the only difference, as before re- 

 marked, in their colours, is the extension of the 

 white before the eye, "which in this is continued in 

 a stripe over the eye, so as to reach as far as the 

 ears ; it is then lost in obscure whitish dots or 

 freckles on the sides of the neck : there is also a 

 tinge of yellow on those feathers nearest to the 

 nostrils, which is not seen in the other ; the yellow 

 of the tail, particularly on its under surface, as well 

 as on. the belly and thighs, is deeper. 



Total length, 7i inches ; bill from the gape, T 7 5 ; 

 wings, 3^ ; tail beyond, 2| ; from the base, 4 ; tar- 

 sus almost 1. 



PUFF-BACKED BUSH-SHRIKE. 



Malaconotus mottissimus, SWAINS. 

 PLATE XXIIL 



Above glossy black; beneath white; feathers on the back 

 long, white, and downy ; female grey above and fulvous 

 white beneath. 



La Cubla, Le Vaitt. Ois. tfAfriqve, ii. pi. 72 Lanius Cubla, 

 Auctorum. 



To an ordinary observer there is nothing in the 

 usual appearance of this species entitling it to any 

 particular notice ; and yet, upon a closer inspection, 

 it proves one of the most remarkable birds in the 



