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with reddish : in other respects she does not differ 

 from the male. Both sexes have the upper mandible 

 dusky, and the lower bluish-white. 



GENUS LXXIX.— MALACONOTUS. Swainson. 



Rostrum fere ut in Thamno- 

 phili. 



Rictus ciliatus. 



Alee breves, rotundatae, de- 

 biles. 



Beak resembling that of the 



former genus. 

 Gape ciliated. 

 Wings short, rounded, weak. 



Thamnophilus, pars. Vieillot. 



The Malaconoti are all natives of Africa. 



Sp. 1. Ma. Blanchoti. 



Ma. Jronte albo ; vertice colloque postice ardosiaco-griseis ; cor-: 



pore supra griseo-olivaceo, infra ochraceo-Jlavo ; remigium tec- 



triciumque alarum marginibusjlavis. 

 Malaconotus with the forehead white ; the crown and neck behind 



slaty-grey ; the body above olive-grey ; beneath ochre-yellow ; 



the quills and wing-coverts edged with yellow. 

 La pie-griesche Blanchot. Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afriq. vi. 122. pi- 



285.— Blanchot Shrike. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. 20. 



Size of a Throstle : beak and legs lead-colour : 

 top of the head and neck behind slaty-grey : the 

 forehead white : the rest of the upper parts greyish- 

 olive colour : wing-coverts, for the most part, edged 

 with fine yellow : quills dusky, with light yellow 

 margins : all the under parts of the bird ochre- 

 yellow : the tail long and rounded : the wings reach 

 about a quarter of an inch from the base. 



v. XIII. P. 11. .11 



