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spiders' webs on the exterior, as has been found to be the case in India. The eggs measured 087 inch by 

 0-62 and 0-85 by 062 respectively. 



Mr. Blewitt found the nest in India in July, and describes its construction as above, with the remark 

 that its formation was exactly that of the Large Cuckoo- Shrike, Graucalus macii. The eggs were two in number, 

 deep green, mottled densely with brown towards the large end, and blotched and streaked throughout with 

 pale blue ; they measured 085 by - 65 inch. 



PASSERES. 



Fam. PEIONOPIDiE. 



Bill Shrike-like, with a distinct notch in the tip of the upper mandible. Tail moderate, 

 rounded or even. Legs and feet small. 



Feathers of the rump not stiff, as in the last family. 



Subfam. PRIONOPIN^E. 

 Bill broader than it is high. (S/iarjie, Cat. B. hi. p. 270.) 



Genus TEPHEODOENIS. 

 Bill stout, wider at the base than high ; culmen keeled and curved rather suddenly near the 

 tip. Nostrils covered by bristly plumes ; rictal bristles long. Wings with the 4th quill the 

 longest, the 2nd equal to the secondaries, and the 1st about half the length of the 2nd. Tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe, and feathered slightly below the knee. Outer toe slightly syndactyle 

 and longer than the inner ; claws well curved. 



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