ORDER PASSERES. 275 



Black Bush Shrike. Thamnophilus Niger, Vigors. 

 Crested ; black ; quills obscurely banded with brown- 

 ish ; length eight inches. Brazils. 



Lanius Severus, Licht. ? Thamnophilus Swamsonii, 



Vigors. Zool. Jour. t. 5. Suppl. 

 Crested black; wings sooty; tail graduated; female 

 crested ; crown chestnut ; body, wings, and base of tail, 

 with crowded ferrugineous and ash-coloured wavy bands. 



? Lanins Domicilla, Licht. 



Black ; humerus snow white ; wing-coverts white tipt ; 

 female, above brown; tail black ; beneath ashy olive! 

 Bahia. Seven inches long. 



Lanius Luctuosus, Licht. 

 Crested entirely black ; outer edge of the scapulars 

 and tips of the tail white. Parag. Is this Thamnophilus 

 Alhonotatus, Spix ? 



* * Tail rounded, long. 



Black and White Shrike, Lath. H. 22. Thamnophilus 

 Albiventer, Spix, Brazil, t. 32. f. 1. cf 20. Tham- 

 nophilus Bicolor. T. Cinnamomeus, Swainson. 

 Crested above deep black; beneath white; tips of 

 wing covers, edge of quills, and interrupted bars on tail, 

 white ; body and tail three inches and a half long' 

 Brazils, female above cinnamon brown ; beneath white. 

 Considered distinct by Swainson. 



Barred Shrike, Lath. H. 8. Lanius PalUatus, Licht. 



Thamnophilus Lineatus, Spix, Braz. t. 33. f. 1.^ 29. 



Thamnophilus Fasciatus, Swainson. 

 Abov e chestnul ; beneath black, with smaU white bands ; 



