294 CLASS AVES. 



Turdus OrientaUs, Lath. PI. En. 271. 2. 

 Ceblephyris, Striga, Horsf. 



Differs from the former in the eye- brows being white ; 

 loins and rump lead-coloured ; tail-feather black, base 

 white-tipt, and beneath quite white ; female, chest and 

 belly with blackish wavy-lines ; length six inches. 

 Others are peculiar to India and its islands. 



Rufous Shrike, Lath. 35. Lanius Rufus, Lin. PI. 

 En. 298. 2. 



Rufous ; beneath whitish ; head greenish-black ; length 

 eight inches. Madagascar. 



Dial Grade, Lath. 9. and Mindanao Thrush, Tb. 95. 

 Gracula Saularis, Lin. Turdus Mindanaensis, 

 Gm., and Sturnus Solaris, Daud. PI. En. 627. 1. 

 alb. iii. t. 17. 18. Edw. 181. Vail. O. A. 109. 



Bluish-black ; belly, broad band on rump, Avings and 

 outer tail-feather, white ; size of a thrush. Bengal. 



Cuvier speaks of a species of a bright violet-brown 

 colour, and the female greenish, which is probably one 

 of the following which form 



The genus Ptilonorhynchus, Kuhl. (Beitr.) which 

 appear to be allied to the Roller. Their bill is short, 

 hard, and strong, not nicked ; swollen out in the 

 middle ; nostrils basal and hid, and the tarsi strong and 

 short ; the toes united at the base, and the wings 

 moderate, with fourth and fifth quill the longest. 



Temminck has changed the name to Citta, which 

 Waggler has used for Pitta. 



Pyrrhocorax Violaceus, Vieillot, 

 Ptilonorhynchus Holosericeus, Kuhl. PI. Coll. t. 396. 



