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FINGAH SHRIKE. 



Lanius Fingah, L. nigro-ccerulescens, abdomine albido, caudn. 

 forficata, 



Blueish-black Shrike, with whitish abdomen, and forked tail. 

 Lanius caerulescens. L. cauda forficata^ corpore nigro^mru" 



lescente, abdomine albo, Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Fork-tailed Indian Butcher-bird. Edw. pi, 56, 

 Fork- tailed Shrike. Lath, syn. 



This species is described and figured by Ed- 

 wards, from a specimen brought from Bengal, 

 where it is known by the name of Fingah. Its size 

 is somewhat inferior to that of the common or grey 

 Shrike, and its colour glossy black, with purple 

 and green reflexions : the wing-feathers and tail 

 of a more dusky black, the latter long, and con- 

 siderably forked at the end: the under parts, from 

 the breast, are of a dull white colour, shaded on 

 the thighs with a few dusky crescents or bars: the 

 beginning of the breast is of a dusky ash-colour : 

 the bill and legs blackish or deep horn-colour; 

 and at the base of the upper mandible are several 

 vibrissas or small bristles of moderate length. This 

 bird in its native regions is said to be a great peiv 

 secutor of Crows, which it attacks and obliges tei 

 quit its haunts. 



