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Fam. Laniadce, Vigors. 

 Genus Dicrurus, Vieill. — Edolius, Temm. 



47. Dicrurus Balicassius. Corvus Balicassius, Linn. 



48. Dicrurus ccerulescens , Linn, Laniiis Fingahy Shaw, t. 7. p. 291. 



Genus Ht/psipetes, Vigors. 



49. HypsiPETES Ganeesa. Hyj^s. griseo-brunnea, suhtus pallidior ; 



alls ronigibusque briinneis ; capite supra vix cristato metalUce 

 atro. 



Longitude corporis 10 unc, caudcB 4. Irides intense rufo- 

 brunncae. 

 Tongue bifid, and deeply fringed; sexes exactly alike. Stony 

 fruit found in the stomach. Neck short, and head sunk into 

 the shoulders ; flight very rapid. Found only in the dense woods 

 of the Ghauts. The tongue is that of Pastor, the legs those of 

 Dicrurus. 



Genus Collurio, Vigors, 



50. Collurio Lahtora. Coll. j)allide griseus ; strigaji-ontali per 



oculos zitrinqice ad nuchnm extendente, alis, rectricibiisque mediis 

 nigris ; corpore subtus,Jascia alarum, scapidarium marginibus, 

 rectricibus externis, apicibusque duarum sequentiiim albis. 

 Longitudo corporis b\ unc, caudce 4|. 

 This is the variety C, o^ Lanius Excubitor of Dr. Latham. It is 

 closely allied to the North American and European Lan. Ex- 

 cubitor, but differs in the black bar extending across the fore- 

 head. The male has a sweet note. 



51. Collurio erythronotus, Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc. L p, 42, 

 This bird differs from the Lan. Bentct of Dr. Horsfield only in the 



crown being ash-coloured instead of black, and in the defined 

 black bar across the forehead, 



52. Jun.? abdomine graciliterjasciato. 



Supposed young of the above. Length 7^ inches : tail 3^%. 



53. Collurio Hardxvickii, Vigors, Proceed, Zool. Soc, L p. 42. Bay- 



backed small Shrike, Lath, 



Genus Lanius, Auct. 



54. Lanius Muscicapo'ides, Frankl. Keroula Shrike, Lath. 



A rare bird. Colonel Sykes's specimen, a female, corresponds 

 with Major Franklin's specific characters, and with his spe- 

 cimen, a male bird. 



Genus Graucalus, Cuv, 



55. Graucalus Papuensis, Cuv. Corvus PapucMsis, Gmel. Papuan 



Croiv, Lath. 

 Irides rich lake. 



Genus Ceblepyris, Cuv. 



56. Ceblepyris Jimbriatus, Temm. Echenilleur Jrange, 9 T*!- Col. 



Irides orange. 

 Colonel Sykes's birds, full-grown males, correspond only to the 



