TELEPHONUS ERYTHROPTERUS. 
(HOODED SHRIKE.) 
Le Tchagra, Levaill. Ois. d’ Afr. pl. 70 (1799). 
Lanius erythropterus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 301 (1809). 
Pomatorhynchus tschagra, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 973. 
Telephonus erythropterus, Swains. Classif. of B. ix. p. 219 (1837). 
Lanius cucullatus, Temm. Man. d’Orn. iv. p. 600 (1840). 
Lanius tchagra, Schlegel, Rev. Crit. p. xxi. (1844). 
Telephonus tschagra, Bonap. Cat. Ois. d’Eur. Parzud. p. 8 (1856). 
Telephorus cucullatus, Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 398 (1869). 
Abermat, Moorish (L. H. Irby). 
Figure notabiles. 
Dubois, Ois d’Eur. pl. 37; Bree, B. of Eur. i. p. 171. 
3 ad. supra ochrascenti-brunneus, uropygio magis cinerascente: pileo nitidé nigro: linea superciliari lata 
alba, posticé ochrascente: annulo ophthalmico cum macula infraoculari et genis anticis albidis: macula 
anteoculari et fascia postoculari supra regionem paroticam decurrente nigerrimis : facie reliqua laterali 
et colli lateribus ochrascenti-brunneis, dorso concoloribus: scapularibus nigris, intimis dorsi colore 
lavatis, extus laté ferrugineo marginatis: tectricibus alarum letissimé ferrugineis: remigibus nigricanti- 
brunneis, extts laté ferrugineo marginatis: caud& nigra, conspicué albo terminata, pennis duabus 
centralibus brunneis, sub certaé luce saturatiore brunneo transfasciatis: gulé alb&: corpore reliquo 
subtus sordidé cinereo, abdomine medio cum cruribus et subcaudalibus ochrascentibus: subalaribus et 
alee facie inferiore pallidé rufescentibus: margine carpali albido: rostro nigro: pedibus plumbescen- 
tibus: iride brunned. 
3 juv. similis adulto, sed sordidior: capite brunneo, plumis paucis nigris vario. 
Adult. Crown of the head and nape, as well as a stripe from the base of the bill extending beyond the ear- 
coverts, black ; a spot below the eye, and a very broad and distinct eyebrow, white, shading into ochre 
on the hinder part of the superciliary streak; sides of the face and entire back ochraceous brown, 
inclining to ashy on the lower back and rump; scapulars black, very broadly margined with rufous on 
the outside, and washed with ochraceous brown; wing-coverts bright chestnut ; quills black, the inner 
webs pale rufous at the base, the outer ones broadly margined with chestnut ; tail black, all the feathers 
broadly tipped with white, increasing in extent towards the outermost; the two middle feathers pale 
brown, obsoletely barred with darker brown; chin and upper throat white; rest of the under surface of 
the body ashy grey, the centre of the abdomen buffy white, increasing in intensity towards the vent 
and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts pale ochraceous, the lower ones inclining to rufous, edge of 
the wing white; bill black; feet leaden grey; iris brown. ‘Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 1:0, 
wing 3°55, tail 49, tarsus. 1:3. 
Young. Similar to the adult, but the plumage more fluffy, the crown of the head brown, mixed with black ; 
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