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Mulimbic, and Red-throated Shrike, Lath. H. 13, 20. 

 Lanius Gutturalis, Daud. Ann. Mus, iii. 15. Vail. 

 O. A. 286. Shaw Nat. Misc. 637. 



Deep green ; forehead yellow ; eye-streak going down 

 the neck, and forming a broad crescent on the breast, 

 black ; throat and belly deep red ; tail rather short. 

 Malimba in Africa. 



Ceylon Thrush, Lath. 80. Turdus Ceylonus, Lin. PI. 

 Enl. 272. Edw. 321 . Lanius Bacbakiri, Shaw. L. 

 Ornatus, Licht. Vail. O. A. 67. 



Green ; beneath yellow ; eye-streak, forming a broad 

 pectoral band, black ; tail rather long. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Thick-hilled Thrush, Lath. 30. Turdus Crassirostris, 

 Gm. Lath. Syn.t. 37. Tanagra Capensis, Sparmann, 

 Voy. 45. 

 Reddish-brown, beneath ash ; reddish streaked ; late- 

 ral tail-feathers dull-red ; belly white ; nine inches long. 

 New Zealand. 



Antiguan Strike, Lath. 16. Lanius Antiguanus. 

 Gm. Sonn. Voy. t. 70. 



Reddish-yellow ; throat and chest white : head, quills, 

 and tail black ; lateral tail-feathers red-tipt. Antigua ? 



Some shrikes with straight beak have it very strong, 

 and the lower mandible much enlarged. 



Some are found in Africa, where they form the genus 

 Malaconotus of Burchell. 



Lanius Erythropterus, Sh. Lan. rutilus. Var. y Lath. 

 PI. Enl. 479. 1. 297. 1. Le Tchagra. Vail. O.A. 

 t. 70. 



Rufous ; beneath white ; tail white-tipt ; crown black ; 

 eyebrow white. Cape of Good Hope. 



