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7. BuDYTES FLAvus, Linn. 



Budytes flavus, Heuglin, Orn. N.x'\.. i. p. 320. 



Three skins of tliis species or of the Indian form B. viridis. In 

 one skin there are traces of a yellowish stripe over the eye. 



"Only seen on the mud-flats extending inland a short distance 

 from the head of Grhor Gharrieh." — /. B. B. 



8. Lanius uncinatus, sp. nov. 



Supra Ictte et pure cinereus ; fasciola frontali stricta fasciaque 

 lata a rost roper oculum ducta circumscripte nigris ; alarum tectri- 

 cibus nigris; remigibus tertiariis nigris, limbo apicali albo ; 

 remige primo spuria toto nigro, reliquis primariis nigris, in parte 

 basali late et oblique albis, scapis nigris ; primarii secundi pogonio 

 externa toto nigro ; subalaribus pure albis ; rectricibus 4 inter- 

 mediis nigris, limbo apicali vix conspicuo albo, sequentibus nigris, 

 apicibus latins albis, secunda pro maxima parte et externa tola 

 albis ; subtus dilute albido-cinerascens ; gula et subcaudalibvs 

 dilutioribus ; rosiro fortiter hamato et compresso, nigerrimo ; 

 pedibus nigris. Long, tola 8'0, alcB 3'9, caudce 4'0, tarsi 1*2. 

 Fern, obsoletius tincta et potiiis fusco-nigricans, ubi mas niger. 



Fig. 1. 



Head of LanivB uncinatus. 



Nine examples of this apparently new Shrike are in the series. 

 It comes nearest to L. fallax, but is remarkable for its much 

 hooked bill. 



"A very solitary bird. Found on those parts of the island where 

 there are trees. None at the east extremity, nor on the Nogad 

 plain on the south side. Females I had some difficulty in getting. 

 The male perches on the top branches of the trees, and there utters a 

 melancholy note. Nom. vulg. 'Tavifi."' — I. B. B. 



9. ZOSTEROPS HABYSSINICA, HcUglin. 



Zosterops habyssinica, Heuglin, Orn. N.A. i. p. 413. 

 A pair of this species; obtained the male on the 13th and the 

 female on the 6th of March. 



