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Bill horny black ; irides lake red ; lower eyelid plumbeous 

 ^rey ; feet dull plumbeous, the soles yellowish ; claws dusky. 

 Upper surface uniform, the underparts faintly barred ; a circle 

 of white feathers round the eye ; the white spots nearly worn 

 off the lateral tail feathers ; new growing quills without any 

 white spots, but the third and fourth primaries, which are 

 old feathers not yet shed, have a large white spot on the inner 

 webs. 



(5.) Male, Young, August. — Length, 8"8 ; expanse, 13'7 ; 

 wing-, 455 ; tail, 4*3 ; tarsus, 0*85 ; bill from gape, 0'97 ; bill at 

 front, 0*59 ; closed wings short of tail, 2"3. 



Bill horny black ; tip and base of lower mandible pale ; irides 

 brown ; interior of mouth yellow ; feet dull plumbeous ; claws 

 dusky. A pure white ring round the eye ; profusely spotted and 

 barred on the upper surface, including the wing-coverts, and 

 the quills margined with white ; whole lower surface conspicu- 

 ously cross barred ; white spots on the quills, and on the ends of 

 the lateral tail feathers. 



(6.) Female, Immature, September. — Length, 9*5 ; expanse, 

 14*4 ; wing, 4-7 ; tail, 4-5 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; bill from gape, 1*0 ; 

 bill at front, 0'65 ; closed wings short of tail, 2'2. 



Irides reddish brown ; plumage very similar in all respects to 

 (1) ; outer tail feathers 1"2 shorter than the uropygials. 



The Dark-grey Cuckoo Shrike is tolerably common in the val- 

 ley of Nepal from April to about the end of September. It fre- 

 quents the central woods of the Valley, and ascends the sur- 

 rounding hills to an elevation of about 6,000 feet. It is gene- 

 rally seen in pairs, in large trees, hopping abouc actively from 

 branch to branch, and often uttering a pleasant note ; it is not at 

 all shy, and its flight seems to be rather slow and short. 



270.— Graucalus macii, Less. 



(L) Female, Nepal Valley, November. — Length, 12'6 ; ex- 

 panse, 21'75; wing, 7-15; tail, 6-2; tarsus, 1-05; bill from 

 gape, 1-45 ; bill at front, I'O ; closed wings short of end of tail, 

 2'9 ; weight, 4 ozs. 



Bill blackish; irides brownish red ; feet blackish plumbeous ; 

 claws black. Chin to abdomen transversely barred ; a few rust- 

 coloured smears on the chin, throat, and breast, and also faintly 

 on the crown, back and upper tail-coverts ; a faint dusky lorial 

 streak. 



(2.) Male, Nawahot, November. — Length, 12'8 ; expanse, 

 20-5; wing, 7*15; tail, 6*0; tarsus, 1*0 ; bill from gape, 1*53 ,• 

 bill at front, 0'98; closed wings short of tail, 25. 



Bill black; gape yellowish; irides reddish brown ; feet din o-y 

 plumbeous. Chin, throat, and upper breast almost unbarred ; no 



