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Rostrum pedesqne nigri. Caput superne albo nigroque colore in duas fere partes 

 traiisversim divisum. Longitudo corporis, 8 ; alar a carpo ad remigem 3tiara, 

 3i ; rostri, | ; tarsi, \ ; caudee, 3^. 



Bay-backed Shrike, Lath. ? Gen. Hist. vol. 11. p. 13. sp. 6- 

 This bird appears to be the same as that referred to in Dr. Latham's work, 

 the description of which is taken from one of the drawings of General Hard- 

 wicke, to whom the species is inscribed. 



Collurio ERVTHRONOTUS. Coll. strigd frontali per oculos ad medium colli ex- 

 tendente, alts, rectric busque qvatuor mediis nigris ; capite supra, nuchb\, dor.io 

 snpcriori, rectricibusque lateralibus pallide cinereis ; corpore infra, alarum 

 macula mcdid, remigum interiorum apicibus, rectricum latcralium margini- 

 bus nmniumque apicibus, albis ; scapularibus, dorso into, abdominisque 

 luteribus ferrugineis. 



Rostrum pedesque nigri, illius mandibula inferior! ad basin flavescenti 

 Striga per oculos nigra, supra graciliter albo marginata. Tectrices alarum 

 inferiores albae. Longitudo corporis, 10§ ; ales a carpo ad apicem remigis 3tiae, 

 3| ; rostri § ; tarsi, If ; caudce, 4 \. 



This bird was observed to bear a great resemblance to the description of the 

 grey-backed Shrike of Dr. Latham, {Gen. Hist. vol. ii. p. 9. sp. 3.) but to differ 

 from it in the colours of the lesser wing-coverts and tail ; the former being all 

 black in the Himalayan species, and blue grey, ending in pale rufous in Dr. 

 Latham's ; while the tail in the former species had four black middle feathers 

 and the rest cinereous, but in the latter had the two middle ones only 

 black, the rest being white. In a group exhibiting so much similarity in 

 the disposition of the colours as the present, such differences are material as 

 distinguishing species. 



Collurio tephronotus. Col. fascia frontali pergracili ad medium colli per 

 oculos latiiis crtendente nigra ; capite, nuchd, scapularibus, dorsoque satura- 

 tilis cinereis ; collo anteriori pectoreque albescentibus, hoc fusco graciliter 

 fasc'ato ; abdomine crissoque ferrugineis ; alis cauddque brunneo-fuscis, apicibus 

 pallidioribus ; dorso imo tectricibusque Cauda: superioribus subrufescentibus. 

 Tectrices alarum inferiores ferrugineo fuscoque notatae. Statura paullo 

 minor quam in specie praecedenti. 



This bird also was observed to be closely allied to the last, and to differ from 

 it probably only in sex or age. Until such points however could be ascer- 

 tained, it was considered advisable to regard it as specifically distinct. 



Genus Graucalus. 



38. Graucalus Papuensis, Cuv. Corvus Papuensis, Gmel. Papuan Crow, Lath. 



Genus Ceblepyris. 



39. Ceblepyris cana, Temm. Muscicapa cana, Gmel. Ash-coloured Flycatcher, 

 Lath. 



40. Ceblepyris fimbriatus, Temm. Echenilleur frange", Temm. 



Fam. Merulidae. — Genus Pitta. 



41. Fitta brachyura. Corvus brae hyur us, Linn. Short-tailed Crow, var. B. Lath. 

 Short-tailed Pie, Edw. 



Lamprotornis sPILopterus. Mas. Lamp, supra plumbeo-canus, plumis ad 

 apicem fusco marginatis ; subtus albus, rufo tinctus ; uropygio rufescenti ; 

 remigibus atris viridi splendentibus, maculd alba; caudu brunned ; guld 

 intense rufd. 



