No. 49.— 1898.] 



CEYLON BIRDS. 



165 



95 ... 144 



145 



146 

 147 

 148 

 149 



150 

 151 



152 



153 

 154 

 155 

 156 



157 



158 

 159 



160 

 161 



162 



163 

 164 

 165 



166 

 167 



149 



148 



146 



158 ... 168 

 169 



170 

 171 

 172 



173 



28—98 



Plumage of nestling cross- 

 barred 



Wing when folded not reach- 

 ing beyond middle of tail ; 

 first primary not shorter 

 than tarsus ; second primary 

 falling short of tip of wing 



Shafts of rump feathers soft 



Head not crested 



Tail feathers well graduated 



Bill deep and compressed ; 

 margin of upper mandible 

 near tip strongly notched 

 and toothed 



Upper tail coverts and middle 

 pair of tail feathers of 

 different colours 



Upper tail coverts and middle 

 pair of tail feathers of the 

 same colour 



Bill flat, broad ; margin merely 

 notched ... 



Head and back glossy black... 



Head and back brown 



Tail square... 



Outer tail coverts white ; 

 wing considerably under 

 4 in. 



Shafts of rump feathers 



spinous ... 

 Tail greatly graduated 

 Tail black and red ; upper 



tail coverts red 

 Crown and back glossy black 

 Tertiaries with isolated red 



oval drops 

 First four primaries entirely 



black 



Crown and back ashy or gray 

 Wing not exceeding 3 in. ... 

 Lower plumage grayish black 



on throat ; breast scarlet 

 Lower plumage pale yellow 

 Tail black and yellow ; upper 



tail coverts yellow 

 Tail moderately graduated ... 

 Secondaries falling short of 



tip of wing by about length 



of tarsus 

 Wing barely exceeding 4 in. 

 Supercilium absent or faint 

 Throat in adult black ; 



abdomen gray 

 Throat and abdomen white, 



cross-barred with brown ... 



Laniidae 



178 



Laniinae ... 176 



— ... 157 



— ... 155 



Lanius 



,.. 152 



48 L. erythronotus 



49 L. cristatus 



Hemipus 



50 H. picatus^ 

 50 H. picatus ? 



Tephrodornis 



51 T. pondicerianus 

 Pericrocotus ... 168 



52 P. flammeus # 



53 P. peregrinus £ 

 do. ? 



52 P. flammeus £ 



Campophaga ... 174 



54 C. sykesi # 

 54 C. sykesi 9 



