THAMNOPHILUS LEACHII, Such. 

 Leach's Bush-Shrike. 



PLATE XLI. 



T. ater, capite dorsoque albo maculatis, remigibus fulvo sub-fasciatis ; abdominis la- 

 teribus uropigioque albo-fasciatis. 

 Thamnophilus Leachii, Dr. Such, Zool. Journ. vol. i. p. 558. 



X his is a large and strong species ; and we are induced to figure it from 

 the near approach it bears to T. lineatus of Dr. Leach, but from which it 

 appears sufficiently distinct, in its difference of size and markings. The 

 specimen from which we made our drawing was brought from Brazil by 

 Dr Such, and now forms part of the collection of the Zoological Society of 

 London. 



Its length is nearly eleven inches. The plumage is entirely dull brown- 

 ish-black, having the feathers on the upper parts individually tipped with 

 a triangular spot of white : the wings are tinged with a lighter shade of 

 brown, and the outer edges of the quills, with both webs of the last secon- 

 daries, are barred with yellowish-white. The feathers on the lower part 

 of the back and rump, in addition to the white tips, are barred with the 

 same colour. The throat and breast are entirely black, and have the shafts 

 of the feathers very strong. The tail is considerably graduated. 



