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beneath ; rump dusky ; quills and secondaries the same, the edges 

 of the latter olive ; tail rounded, olive-coloured at the base, afterwards 

 black, the ends of all the feathers yellow, the outer one most so, 

 lessening by degrees to those of the middle, which are yellow only 

 at the tips ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the Sandwich Isles, in the South Seas. 



75.— BUFF-RUMPED SHRIKE. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill horn-colour ', crown, 

 nape, and beginning of the back pale, ferruginous-chestnut ; back 

 and wings blown ; rump buff-colour ; wing coverts, and lesser quills 

 margined with pale tawny ; greater quills brown, about the middle 

 marked with tawny white on the outer web, forming a spot when the 

 wing is closed ; the four middle tail feathers deep brown, with a pale 

 fringe at the tips ; the rest of the feathers more or less sullied white 

 on the outer margins and tips ; under parts of the body, from the 

 chin, sullied white ; legs black. 



Inhabits Africa; in the collection of Mr. Bullock. In one 

 specimen there was an obscure, brown spot behind the under jaw, 

 and the tail feathers darker coloured. 



76— ROBUST SHRIKE. 



Lanius robustus, Jnd. Orn. Sup. p. xviii. Shaw's Zool vii. 311. 

 Robust Shrike, Gen. Syn. Sup.ii. p. 74. 



THIS is a large species, being full twenty-one inches long. Bill 

 strong, and black; plumage in general that of the Cinereous Shrike; 



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