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secondaries and their coverts are blackish-brown, tipped with white. The tail is blackish- 

 brown, with a broad white border ; the two central feathers being entirely of the former colour ; 

 the adjoining one on each side of them having a minute white tip ; and the outer one having 

 the whole of its exterior web and two-thirds of its inner web white ; whilst the others have an 

 intermediate quantity of white, according with their situation. The plumage of the whole 

 ventral aspect is unspotted white, with a tinge of grey on the flanks, and of broccoli-brown on 

 the linings of the wings. Bill greenish-black. Legs dark resinous-brown. 



Form, &c. — Bill rather shorter and broader at the base than that of Lanius borealis, but 

 having a sharper ridge and a more slender acute point ; tooth very acute. Under mandible 

 more boat-shaped. The nostrils are concealed by black bristly hairs, which surround the base 

 of the upper mandible ; and there are about six longer bristles at the angle of the mouth. 

 The wings are short, reaching within two inches and a quarter of the end of the tail. The 

 third and fourth primaries are the longest, the fifth is about half a line shorter, the sixth is 

 four lines shorter than the fifth, and the second is just perceptibly shorter than the sixth : the 

 seventh and following ones diminish in succession about two lines each ; the first is scarcely 

 half the length of the second, and is much shorter than any of the primaries or secondaries ; 

 the third, fourth, and fifth, have their outer webs obliquely narrowed. The tail is long and 

 cuneiform, the exterior feathers being nearly an inch and a quarter shorter than the middle 

 ones. The hind toe is more robust than the others, and is equal to the lateral ones in length. 



Length from the tip of the bill to the end of 

 the tail ..... 



,, of the tail .... 



., of the longest quill feather 



., of the spurious or first primary . 



,, of the bill from the angle of the 

 mouth ..... 



Inches. 



9 

 4 

 3 

 1 



Dimensions. 



Lines. Inches. Lines. 



Length of the bill, measured along its ridge 7^ 



6 „ of the tarsus .... 1 



„ of the middle toe ... 8 



9 „ of its claw .... 3 



4 „ of the hind toe ... 5 



,, of its claw .... 3A 



