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of the quills the same ; tail greyish ash-colour, six inches long, and 

 greatly cuneiform, the outer feathers being only three inches; all 

 the under parts, from chin to vent, dusky white, inclining to brown 

 on the chin and breast ; the wings reach a quarter of an inch on the 

 tail ; legs dusky brown. 



The above was bought of a dealer at Paris, who could give no 

 account of the country from whence it came. 



In the collection of Mr. Comyns, of Dawlish, is a fine specimen. 

 In this, all the feathers of the upper parts have a darker streak down 

 the middle ; greater quills fine rufous for three-fourths of their length, 

 then brown to the end; the rufous occupying most space on the 

 outer webs ; tail seven inches long, brown, the outer feather only 

 two ; all of them pale at the tips, the pale part bounded by a darker 

 line; chin plain dusky white; the throat, breast, and belly the 

 same, crossed with waved, dusky bars on each feather ; vent white ; 

 legs brown. 



This was brought from Senegal. 



59— MALABAR SHRIKE— Plate XVIII. 



Cuculus Siamensis cristatus viridis, Bris. iv. 151. t. 14. A. f. 1. 7rf.8vo.ii. 83. Gerin. 



t.75. 

 Lanius malabaricus, Ind.Orn.'u 66. Shaio' s Zool. vii. 293. 

 Edolius malabaricus, Lin. Trans, xiii. 145. 

 Drongo de Malabar, Buf.'iv. 587. Son. Voy. Ind. ii. t. 111. 

 Cuculus paradiseus, Ind. Orn.i. 216. Gm. Lin.i. 422. 

 Coucou a longs brins, Buf. vi. 387. 



Drongo a Raquette, Levail. Afr.'w. 73. pi. 175: Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal, p.lxi. 

 Paradise Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 528. 

 Malabar Shrike, Gen. Syn. Sup. 56. pi. 108. 



SIZE of the Missel Thrush ; length seventeen inches and a half. 

 The bill one inch long, stout, hooked at the tip, and black ; at the 



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