146 LANIIDJE. 



Sp. 5. La. Collurio. Shaw, v. vii. ;;. 315. — Britain, Euro]>e, and 



Africa. 

 Sp. 6. La. collaris. Shaw, v. vii. p. 295. — Southern Africa. 



Sp. 7. La. iEthiopicus. 



Turdus iEthiopicus. Sleph. v. x. p. 232. — Africa. 

 Sp. 8. La. Cubla. Shaw, v. vii. p. 328. — Africa. 

 Sp. 9. La. Capensis. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 327. — Africa. 

 Sp. 10. La. Madagascariensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 332. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 11. La. bicolor. Shaw, v. vii. p. 322. — Africa. 

 Sp. 12. La. personatus. — Temm. PI. Col. 256. f. 2. 

 La? fronte super cit 'Usque albis; corpore supra nigro aut Jusco ; 



guld, lateribus colli, scapulis, ventre, crissoque, albis ; lateribus 



pectoris hypochondriisquc rufescentibus. 

 Shrike with the forehead and eyebrows white ; the body- above 



black or brown ; the throat, sides of the neck, scapulars, belly, 



and vent, white ; the sides of the breast and flanks reddish. 



Inhabits Arabia and Egypt. Length about seven 

 inches : the adult male has the forehead adorned 

 with a broad white band, of which the angles pass 

 over and behind each eye, and form a kind of brow : 

 the throat, the sides of the neck, the scapulars, the 

 middle of the belly, and the vent, are pure white : 

 the sides of the breast and the flanks are tinged with 

 red : the occiput, the region of the ears, the nape, 

 and the back, are black : the wing is black, but some 

 of the secondaries are white at their base : the six 

 middle tail-feathers are black ; but the outer of these 

 on each side is tipped with white : the two outer 

 feathers are white with black shafts. The female 

 has the plumage of a duller hue than the male, the 

 occiput, the nape, and the back, are of a deep ashy 

 tinge. The young have the plumage covered with 

 irregular lunulated bands. 



