140 LANIID^. 



tail> amber-colour, tinged with black : tail slightly 

 forked. The female has the lower belly and vent 

 spotted with white. 



Sp. 9. Di ? Ceylonensis. 



Di ? argenteO'griseuSf rostro pedibusque plumbeis ; rectricibus 

 duodecim ? pogoniis internis saturatioribus. 



Silvery-grey Dicrurus, with the beak and legs lead-colour ; tail- 

 feathers twelve ? with their inner webs darkest. 



LeDrongri. Le Vaill.Ois.d' Afriq.iv.pl. 170. — Drongri Shrike. 

 Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. 65. 



Inhabits Ceylon. The size of the last : beak 

 and legs lead-colour ; plumage wholly of a silvery 

 grey : tail greatly forked, consisting of twelve ? 

 feathers, the inner webs darker than the outer. 



Sp. 10. Di? albiventris. 



Di ? supra argenteo-griseus ; subtus albus, 



Dicrurus? above silvery- grey 5 beneath white. 



Le Drongri a ventre blanc. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iv. pL 171. 



Inhabits Batavia. Much allied to the last, if 

 not a variety of it : it chiefly differs in having all the 

 under parts, from chin to vent, white. 



B. Rectricibus CcVternis longissimis, rachidiarum basis nudis api- 

 cibus plumosis. 



B. With the outer tail-feathers very long, their shafts naked 

 at the base, feathered at the tips. 



Sp. 11. Di. Malabaricus. — Lanius Malabaricus. ShaiUy v. vii. 

 p. 293.-— India. 



Sp. 12. Di. remifer. 



Di. niger niiore metallico rectricibus externis pogoniis apicalibus 

 utrinqiie cequalibus. 



