164 PRIONOPJD^E. 



173. Tephrodornis grisola, Biyth, J>A.S. ^.xii. p. 180 ; Jerd.B. 



Ind. i. p. 411, No. 266 ; Bly. Ibis, 1865, p. 43. Hyloterpe grisola, Wald. Ibis, 

 1874, p. 141. Muscitrea cinerea, Bl. J, A. S. B. xvi. p. 121 ; Hume % Str. F. 

 v. p. lOi. Hyloterpe philomela, (Mull.) Cat. Arch.f. Wat. 1847, p. 322. 

 Muscitrea grisola, Hu?ne and Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 2065 Huwe y Str. F, viii. 

 p. 91 ; Oates, B. Br. Burmah, i. p. 257. The GREY WOOD-SHRIKE. 



Lores, head from the forehead to the nape dull earthy brown ; back, 

 rump, scapulars, upper tail and upper wing coverts rufous brown j wings and 

 tail hair brown, the quills of the former margined exteriorly with rufous 

 brown. Chin, throat, breast and flanks pale brown ; abdomen, vent, under 

 tail and under wing coverts pure white. No white supercilium as in pondi- 

 ceriana. Bill dark brown ; iris reddish brown j legs plumbeous ; claws pale 

 horn colour. 



Length. 6-5 to 6*6 inches ; wing 3*25 ; tail 2-5 to 2-6 ; tarsus 0-84 ; culmen 

 0-8. 



Hab. Eastern side of the Bay of Bengal, from Arrakan down to Malayans, 

 also the Andaman Islands and Java. It is recorded from Bengal, also from 

 Pegu. It has also been found in Sumatra and Borneo. According to Davison 

 it is rare in Tennaserim. 



Gen. HemipUS. Hodgs. 



Characters as in Tephrodornis ; bill more depressed, and wider at base ; 3rd 

 quill nearly equal to 4th. 



174. HemipUS picatUS, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 25; Sharpc, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 307 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 412 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 

 p. 178; id. Str. F. \, p. 435; iii. p. 93; Hume and Davison, vi. p. 207; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 91. SYKES'S PIED SHRIKE. 



Whole upper plumage, with the lores and ear coverts glossy black ; rump 

 feathers broadly tipped with white ; chin, vent, and upper tail coverts pure white ; 

 the remainder of the lower plumage pale vinaceous ; the cheeks and the 

 sides of the neck white, produced so as to form an indistinct white collar 

 round the neck ; lesser wing coverts black j median coverts black, broadly- 

 tipped with white, the outer greater coverts black ; primary coverts and quills 

 black, the later secondaries broadly edged with white ; tail black, all but the 

 central feathers tipped with white, which extends over the whole outer web of 

 the outermost feathers ; bill black ; iris hazel ; eyelids plumbeous ; legs plum- 

 beous brown. 



Length. 5-4 inches ; wing 2-5 ; tail 2*4 ; tarsus 4-5 ; culmen 7. 



. Hab.N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Central India, Concan, Deccan, South 

 India, Travancore, Ceylon, British Burmah and Tennaserim, 



