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MALABAR 



SHRIKE. 



Le grand Gobe-mouches de la Cote de Malabar, Son. Voy> Ind, ii. p. ipjj 



pi. III. 

 Drongode Malabar, Buf. Oif.'w. p. 587^ 



Lev. Muj. 



Description, QIZE of the Miffel Thrujh : length feventecn inches and a 

 half. Bill one inch, hooked at the tip, pretty ftout, and 

 black ; at the bafe feveral briftles pointing forwards : irides red :' 

 general colour of the plunaage black j but the head, neck, back, 

 and rump, have & glofs of blue: the feathers of the head and 

 neok are narrower than the reft, and Iharp at the ends : the tail in 

 general is of a moderate length, but the outmoft feather on each 

 fide is three times the length of the others, and has, near fix 

 inches of its length, the fliaft naked, being webbed only for 

 about an inch and a half at the end, and that only on the outer 

 fide : the legs are ftrong and black. 

 PxACE, This inhabits the coaft oi Malabar, and other parts of India, 



It flies heavily, and is only feen of evenings. That in theLeve- 

 rian Mufeum anfwers the above defcription. But I find a bird very 

 Pl. CVin. fimilar, if not the farine, among the drawings of 'L.zdy Impey. 

 This is nearly as large as a Ji^f Maw. The whole bird black, 

 glofled with blue : on the fore part of the head a vaft creft, rifing 

 high and bending backwards j before it fome loofe feathers : 

 thofe of the hind part of the neck are alfo long and loofe. The tail 

 exaftly correfponds with that of the laft defcribed. 



This laft is called the Great-crefied Blackbird, The Indian 

 name Bumrauge, It is found in various parts of India, efpe- 

 cially on the hills of the kingdom of Aracan, 



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