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and vent white: the greater wing-coverts and 

 second quills black, edged with white : the greater 

 quills wholly black : the tail long and cuneiform j 

 the two middle feathers measuring four inches and 

 a half, and the outer ones only two inches : all are 

 tipped with white, but the exterior ones more 

 largely so than the rest: legs strong and black. 

 The native region of this bird was unknown at 

 the time of its first description, but it now seems 

 to be ascertained as an inhabitant of South 

 America. It is figured in the highly elegant 

 ornithological work of Monsr. Levaillant, who re- 

 ceived his specimen from Cayenne. 



DRONGO SHRIKE. 



Lanius Drongo, L. nigro-virescensy crista frontali ereda^ cauda 

 forjicata. 



Greenish-black Shrike, with upright frontal crest, and forked 

 tail. 



Lanius forficatus. L. cauda forjicatay crista frontali erectGf 



corpore nigro-viiidante. Lin, Si/st. Nat, 

 Le Drongo. Biff\ ois. 



Gobe-mouche hupe de Madagascar. PI. Enl. l6g. 

 Ji'orked-Tailed Crested Shrike. Lath, syn. 



First described by Brisson : size of a Blackbird : 

 length ten inches: colour greenish black: bill and 

 legs black : on the forehead, immediately over the 

 bill, an upright crest of slender feathers near three 

 quarters of an inch in length: tail long, and deeply 

 forked. Native of Madagascar, and is also said to 

 occur in China and at the Cape of Good Hope, 



