54 SHRIKE. 



dusky within, and olive green on the outer webs, but the inner 

 margined half way from the base ; the tail five inches long, rounded, 

 marked, as the second quills, with orange yellow at the tip ; beneath, 

 from the chin, fine orange ; belly and thighs inclining to green, 

 growing again yellow at the vent; legs brown; the wings reach not 

 much beyond the base of the tail. 



One, supposed to differ in sex, was the same in size. Bill the 

 same; top of the head, neck behind, and sides pale blue grey; from 

 nostrils to the eye a broad streak of white ; back, wings, and tail 

 pale olive yellow ; most of the wing coverts ending in a pale yellow 

 spot, forming two or three series ; quills marked as in the other ; also 

 the tail ; the whole of the under parts, from chin to vent, fine deep 

 yellow, without variation of shade ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Africa ; the male in the collection of Mr. H. Brogden, 

 the female in the possession of Lord Stanley ; we have seen also some 

 others, brought from Senegal, among which, one which was under 

 nine inches in length : and the tippings of the feathers whitish 

 instead of yellow. 



55. BENTET SHRIKE. 



Lanius Bentet, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 144. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. The forehead, sides of the 

 neck, the wings, and tail are black ; top of the head, and the back 

 grey ; under parts of the body, and rump, rufous bay ; tips of the 

 tail feathers white, and the exterior one white on the outer edge ; 

 the chin, breast, and middle of the belly paler than the rest of the 

 outer parts. 



Inhabits Java, called Bentet. — Dr. Horsfield. 



