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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 ; culmen, 1 "25 to 1 '5 in. 

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



253. C. Cinereus, Gld. (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 

 universally as a good species. 

 Hab. : 1. 



255. C. rilfescens, Be Vis, Rufous Butcher-bird. 



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

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

 tawny buff ; under tail coverts rufous. 

 Hab. : 2. 



SUB-FAMILY PACHYCEPHALIX.E. 



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. frontatllS. 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, 0'8 in ; wing, 4'1 in.; tail, 3'5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1*1 in. 



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

 GENUS EOPSALTRI A. Bill at nostrils broader than high. 



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



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

 Hab. : 3, 4. 



260. E. inagnirostris, 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. 



