134 6.] or Little Known Species of Birds. 295 



square tail, with the stems of the outermost feathers excessively elongated 

 beyond the rest, and barbed only for the terminal four inches (or there- 

 abouts), nearly equally so in both webs, and this barbed portion is not 

 twisted as in the following species ; the stem, however, which is much 

 smoother or more completely barbless than in the others, takes half a 

 turn, so that the barbed tips remain vertical to the axis of the body, 

 with the upper side inwards. 



We come now to the Edolii, as I restrict this division : and are pre- 

 sented with a series of species closely allied in other respects, but 

 shewing every gradation in the degree of development of frontal crest, 

 from the total absence of such an ornament, to one flowing backward 

 over the occiput. Their synonyme, as may be supposed, is much 

 involved. All have a moderately furcate tail, with the stems of its 

 outermost feathers prolonged and naked for a considerable space, and 

 broadly barbed on the inner side towards the extremity ; the stem how- 

 ever giving one twist, so that this inner web appears to be the outer 

 one : in younger specimens, the inner side has conspicuously a short 

 web throughout its length (which is considerably less than in mature 

 birds), and the rudiment of this inner web is seen, upon close inspection, 

 in adults, as also a very slight rudiment of an outer web, which latter 

 becomes further developed towards the extreme tip of the feather. Fi- 

 nally, the barbed tip is more or less twisted inwards, and has 

 always its inferior side uppermost. It is worthy of remark, that the 

 crested birds are successively larger as the crest becomes more deve- 

 loped ; while the crestless species are smallest : also, that the latter have 

 the longest and most spirated outer tail-feathers ; while in the former, 

 these are successively shorter and less spirated. 



5. E. malabaroides ; Chibia malabaroides, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, 

 p. 325 : Lanius malabaricus, as figured by Latham and Shaw, but not 

 L. malabaricus as described by Latham from Sonnerat : E. grandis apud 

 nos, XI, 170, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XIV, 46. In this species, the 

 frontal plumes attain a length of two inches and a half, and flow back- 

 ward over and beyond the occiput. The hackles of the neck are also 

 decidedly more elongated than in the others. Length of wing com- 

 monly six inches and three-quarters. Inhabits Nepal, Tipperah, and 

 the Tenasserim Provinces. 



