170 LANIIDJK. 



beautifully to unite these birds with the Dicruri and 

 Museicapida?, as shown by Mr. Swainson in his in- 

 teresting paper on the Laniidee in the first volume of 

 the Zoological Journal. 



Sp. 6. Ce. lobatus. Temm. PL Col. 279. 



Ce ? capite, nucha, collique antice viridi-nitentibus ; pectore, 

 ventre, uropygioque castaneo-rufis ; crisso tectricibusque infe- 

 rioribus caudce favis ; dorso, alis, rectricibusque duabus inter- 

 mediis viridi-Jlavis ; rectrice ulrinque exteriore apice JIavo ; 

 mas. : capite collo que supremo nigrls; corpore infra JIavo, supra 

 viridi-nlgro ; fcemina. 



Ceblepyris with the head, nape, and neck in front glossy-green ; 

 the breast, belly, and rump chesnut-red ; the vent and lower 

 tail-coverts yellow ; the back, wings, and two middle tail-fea- 

 thers greenish-yellow ; the outer tail-feather on each side with 

 a yellow tip; male : or, head and upper part of the neck black; 

 the body beneath yellow, above blackish-green ; female. 



Inhabits the western coast of Africa. Length 

 seven inches and a half: the male is furnished with a 

 naked skin at the base of the beak ; and has the head, 

 the nape, the sides and fore-part of the neck of a beau- 

 tiful deep green, with a metallic gloss : the breast, the 

 belly, and rump, are fine chesnut-red : the vent and 

 under tail-coverts are yellow : the back, wings, and 

 two middle tail-feathers are greenish-yellow : the 

 wing-feathers are black edged with white : the lateral 

 tail-feathers are black, tipped with bright yellow : 

 the legs and beak are black. The female has only 

 the rudiment of the naked membrane at the base of 

 the beak : the head and a portion of the fore part of 

 the neck are dull black : all the under parts are 

 yellow : the nape, the back, the rump, the sides, and 

 the lesser wing-coverts are dull green : the wings 



