1833.] of Borabhim and Dholbhim. 573 
9. Lanrus Sizens. Silent Shrike, T. 9 inches from tip of bill to 
tip of tail, of which tail 4. Wings spread 143 inches, 3rd quill long- 
est; eyes hazle, bill and legs black, plumage iron-grey, quills darkest ; 
upper mandible slightly notched. Young bird is marked on the 
under parts with indistinct transverse bars. Common. Frequenting 
topes and large trees. 
10. Ixos Virescens ? Temminck. Male. Size of a starling. Eyes 
blood-red, feet and bill dark, body plump, olive-green, palest on head, 
where it is slightly greyish, tinged with yellow on upper tail coverts, 
quills and their coverts do. edged brighter green ; tail as back, long, 
square ; vent and under tail coverts, chin and base of lower mandible pale 
clear yellow; over the eye, and a spot on base of upper mandible, ex- 
tending below the eye to the auriculars, obscure white; lower parts 
whitish tinged pale yellow ; breast dashed with grey, bill deeply 
notched. 
Killed in woody and barren country, at Bamireah, near Midna- 
pur: appeared shy, silent and solitary, and partakes of the nature of 
the fly-catchers and thrushes. It flew and settled about the lower 
parts of bushes and thickets. Stomach contained berries and seeds, 
11. Droneo Ca@rutzsscens. Fork-tailed Shrike, Latham? Male. 
Shape and size of the smaller ‘‘ King Crow.” Head gross, bill hooked, 
not notched; eyes orange-red, bill and feet black, tail deeply forked, 
as long as the body ; whole of upper parts dull metallic-black, deepest 
on head, brownest on quills; chin, throat, and breast iron-grey, below 
sternum white. Female does not differ. Frequents high timber, and is 
tolerably common. ) Note a wild mellow whistle, pleasingly and fan- 
cifully modulated. Insectivorous. 
12. Lanrus Griszeus. Grey Wood Shrike, T. Male. Length 64 — 
inches, ashy-brown above, dull-white beneath; bill, eyes, and legs dark ; ‘ 
mandible hooked, not notched ; two centre feathers of tail as back, two 
next black, outer ones white; dark brown patch through the eyes, a 
white one above them, obscure brown mark from under mandible; 
breast tinged dusky reddish ash. Shy, solitary, rather rare, frequents 
saul jungle, has a jarring note. 
13. Vanea Fravivenrris. Yellow Bulbul, T. (Lanius Melano- 
cephalus ? Gml. Turdoides Atriceps. Tem.?) Male. Length 7 inches. 
Eyes pale yellow, bill black, legs dark horn. Head and a slender 
erectile crest glossy-black, rest of plumage olive-green above, clear 
olive-yellow beneath ; belly and vent bright yellow, quills and tail 
dusty. Frequented the beautiful hanging-woods of Dampara, in Dhol- 
bhim, where alone I met with them. Manners sprightly, hurrying 
from tree to tree, with a short repeated song, like the common bulbul. 
