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The Aratamus, of Vieillot, and the Leptopteryx 

 of Horsfield. 



* Wing rather rounded. 



Lanius Leucocephalus, Gra. PI. Enl. 374. 



Head, neck, and lower part of body white ; back of 

 neck, back, rump, scapulars, wings, and tail greenish- 

 black ; tail beneath black ; tail rather long. Length eight 

 inches. Madagascar. 



Wings long. 



Leptopteryx Leuchorhynchos, Horsf. L. Leucogaster, 

 Mem. Mus. xi. t. 7. f. 2. 



Head, wings, and tail grayish-black ; back and rump 

 fuscous ; chest, abdomen, and upper tail coverts 

 white. Timor and Manilla. 



Aratamus Cinereus, Vieil. Mem. Mus. t. 9. f. 2. 



Ashy-gray, rump and vent black ; tail black, white- 

 tipt ; length seven inches and a quarter. Timor. 



Ocypterus Albovittatus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. iv. Turdus 

 Sordidus, Lath. Supp. Aratamus Lineatus, Vieillot, 

 t. 3. f. 6. Mem. Mus. vi. t. 8. f. 1. 2. 



Body brownish, wings slate-coloured ; the 2d, 3d, and 

 4th quills white-edged outwardly ; tail black, white- 

 tipt. Timor. 



Aratamus Minor, Vieil., Ocypterus Fuscatus, Valen. 



Mem. Mus. vi. t. 9. f 1. 

 Body brownish, wings and tail slate-coloured ; vent 

 and rump black ; tail white-tipt beneath. Pacific 

 Islands. 



