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This likewife is found at Madagafcar, with the lafb 3 to which it Place. 



feems to bear fome affinity. 



Lanius Ieucoryncos, Lin. Mant. 1771. p. 524. ay. 



La pie-griefche de Manille, 5«/. orn. ii. p. 180. N° 17. pi, 18. f. 2.— 'WHITE-BILLED 



PL enl. 9. f. I. 

 Langraien, Buf. oif. i. p. 310. 



S. 



T ENGTH feven inches. Bill hoary; bafe befet with briftles: Description. 



head, throat, neck, back, and fcapulars, blackifh : rump, 

 breaft, and under parts, whitifh : upper wing coverts, quills, and 

 tail, blackifh : wings and tail of equal length : legs and claws 

 blackifh. 



Inhabits the ifland of Manilla. Place. 



33"- 

 - ' • i-'t t> • • Vak. A. 



La pie-grieiche Domimquaine, Son. i<oy. p. 55. pi. 26. DOMINICAN 



S. 

 *"|^HIS is bigger than a Sparrow, and rather longer. The bill is Description. 



greyifh, conic, and ftrong ; the bafe befet with briftles, 

 pointing forwards : the head, neck, breaft, back, wings, and tail, 

 black : belly and rump white : the wings reach near an inch be- 

 yond the middle of the tail : the thighs are black. 



This bird inhabits the Philippine IJlands-, and is- a bold cou- Place and 

 rageous bird : it flies very quick, and with great rapidity; fre- Manners, 

 quently hovering in the air like a Swallow. It is a great enemy 

 to the Raven, whom, though much bigger, he bids defiance, even 

 provoking him to combat : the battle often lafts half an hour, and 

 end with the retreat of the Raven; rather, perhaps, from being 



teized 



