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LANIID^. 



obscurely fasciated with black ; in other respects she 

 resembJes the male. 



Sp. 6. Th. Leachii. Zool. Journ, (Such.) i. p. 558. 



Th. ater capite dorsoque albo-maculaiis ; remigibus fulvo sub- 



Jasciatis; guld, pectore, abdominis medio , reclricibusque nigris; 



abdominis lateribus uropygioque albo Jasciatus. 

 Dark Bush-Shrike with the head and back spotted with white ; 



the quills slightly fasciated with fulvous; the throat, breast, 



middle of the abdomen and tail-feathers black ; the sides of the 



abdomen and rump banded with white. 



Length about ten inches and a half: the beak 

 and legs are black. A variety is mentioned by Dr. 

 Such, which has the entire abdomen and vent fasci- 

 ated with white, and the tail-feathers slightly fasci- 

 ated. A second is noticed as being considerably 

 smaller. 



Sp. 7. Th. lineatus. 



Th. ater transversim albo lineatis; rostro pedibnsque nigris. 

 Deep -black Bush-Shrike with transverse white lines ; the beak 



and feet black. 

 Lanius lineatus. Leach, Zool. Misc. i.p. 20.pl. 6. 



My friend, Dr. Leach, has given the above short 

 description only of this species, in the first vol. of the 

 Zoological Miscellany : the specimen there noticed 

 came from Berbice. 



This is probably the Lineated Shrike of Latham's 

 Gen. Hist. v. ii. p. 79. 



Sp. 8. Th. ruficeps. Zool. Journ. (Such.) i. 559. 

 Th, niger fulvo maculatus ; capite fulvo lineato. 

 Black Bush-Shrike spotted with fulvous, with the head lineated 

 with fulvous. 



