212 Mr. ViGORs's fl/if^ Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



cies is described as very generally diftused over the East, being 

 found in the Philippine Islands and various parts of India. 



Subfam. Lan i an a. Swoins. 

 Genus. Falcunculus. Vieill. 



1. Frontatus. Falc. cristattis fusciis, subtus jinvus, capite col- 



loque nigris, laterihus vittis duabus albia. Lath. 

 Lanius Frontatus. Lat/i. Lid. Orn. p. xviii. no. 8. 

 Frontal Shrike. Id. Gen. Hint. ii. p. 72. no. 86. pi. xx. 

 Pie-grièche à casque. Temm. PI. Col 77- 



2. GuTTURALis. Falc. fmco-brunneus, subtus paUidior, fronte 



gulaguc albis, crista erectâ guttureque nigris, crisso fulvo. 



Capitis plunitr; frontales alba?, proximo nigrne, fasciam nigram 

 formantes ; cristales nigrœ, basi griseoe ; occipitales nucha- 

 lesque subgrisescentes. Tectrices inferiores, remigesc\ne sub- 

 tus basi albesi^entes. Kostrum nigrum, mandibulai supe- 

 rioris apice pallido. Longitudo corporis, T-pg- > o/<^ a carpo 

 ad remigem quartam, 4^- ; caudce, 3-fV ; rostri ad frontem, f, 

 ad rictum, -^ ; tarsi, \-:^\j. 



The specimen of this species in the Society's collection is in 

 very inditierent condition, and the upper mandible has unfortu- 

 nately been mutilated. A\ e cannot therefore refer it with cer- 

 tainty to the present genus. From what we can judge however 

 of the bill, it accords with that of the type of Falcunculus, with 

 the exception of the notch being less strongly marked. In the 

 characters of the wings, tail, and tarsi, it agrees very accurately 

 with the present genus. 



This biid was presented to the Society by INIr. Brown, and was 

 procured by that gentleman at Kent's Group, December 1803. 



Subfam. 



