MI'OPHAGA. 17) 



the natives. Breeds almost everywhere about the beginning of the ra;; 

 usually placed in the fork of a lofty branch of a tree, constructed of fin.- 

 and grass, cup-shaped in form. Eggs three, of a greenish colour, m.ukc ! 

 -spots and blotches of brown and pale purple. 



Gen. Campophaga. Vie ill. 



Bill shorter than in Graucalus, broad at base, compressed at tip and 

 notched ; rictal bristles absent or a very few ; nostrils partly concealed ; 

 vings long ; the 3rd and 4th quills equal and longest. 



183 Cainpophaga lugubriS, SunJ, hid. Rev. i.jp. 328 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 65. Volvocivora melaschistos, {Hodgs.) Jerd. B. Ind. i, 

 \). 415, No. 269 ; $tr. F. v. p. 205. The DARK GREY CUCKOO-SHRIKE. 



Iron grey throughout, except on the quills and tail, which are dark brown, 

 ihe latter tipped with white on all but the central tail feathers. 



The young have the whole of the lower plumage dark brown, almost 

 unicolorous from the chin to the vent. Nestlings only just fully fledged have 

 the upper plumage barred with white. Bill and legs black; indes hazel- 

 brown. 



Length. 9-5 to 10 inches ; wing 4*6; tail 5*25 to 5*5 ; culmen nearly ro. 



Hab. N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal to Nepaul. Rare in South India, 

 Habits and food those of the last. Hut-ton says it has a plaintive note which it 

 utters repeatedly when searching for insects. Affects the more wooded districts, 

 and is found in small parties on the higher branches generally, though it 

 freely descends to the ground also to feed. According to him it is a summer 

 visitor to Barreling and the hills, ascending up to 7,000 feet about the end 

 of March, and breeding early in May. The nest is small and shallow, placed 

 in the bifurcation of a small horizontal bough of some tall tree, and always 

 high up ; it is composed internally almost entirely of grey lichens and lined with 

 bits of fine root fibres ; it is completely covered on the outside with cobwebs. 

 Eggs 2 in number, 7 x '6 in size, of a dull grey green, streaked with brown. 



184. Campophaga intermedia, flume, S/r. F. v. 205, viii. p. 91. 



Campophaga saturata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br, Mus. iv. p. 66 ; Oates, B. Br. 

 fiurmah, i. p 230. Volvocivora saturata, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 242; David 

 ct Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 103. SWINHOE'S CUCKOO-SHRIKE. 



General colour dark slaty grey, paler below, the feathers of the crown with 

 black shafts and the under tail coverts more or less fringed with white ; lesser 

 wing coverts like the back ; remaining wing coverts and the whole wing deep 

 glossy black ; tail deep black, all the feathers tipped with white, broadly on' 

 the outermost, and decreasing in extent towards the middle rectrices. 



The female is slightly paler in the adolescent stage, and a white patch is 

 present on the fourth and fifth primaries. Bill and le.es black ; iris hazel-brown. 



Length. 9-5 to 10 inches ; wing 4-5 to 4' 9 ; tail 4*5- (Gates.) 

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