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LANIIDiE. 



plumage is ferruginous or fulvous white, lighter on 

 the chin and in the middle of the body : the tail is 

 short, slightly rounded, and dark rufous black : the 

 lateral feathers tipped with white, the outer pair only 

 having an additional white spot on their external 

 margins ; the tips of all are abruptly rounded : the 

 feathers on the lower part of the back are remarkably 

 long : tarsi moderate, ash-coloured : irides hazel. 



Sp. 20. Th ? strictothorax. 



Th? corpora supra lateribus colli hypjpochondriisque virescente- 

 cinereis ; guld pectoreque flavescentibus nigro maculatis ; ventre 

 crissoque flavescentibus ; mas. vertice occipite schistaceo-niger ; 

 foemiDa capite castaneo-riifo. 



Bush-Shrike with the body above, the sides of the neck, and flank 

 greenish-ash ; the throat and breast yellowish spotted with 

 black ; the belly and vent yellowish ; male with the crown and 

 occiput slaty-black 3 female with the head chesnut-red. 



Myothera strictothorax. Temm. PI. Col. 17^. fl 1. male ; f. 2. 

 female. 



Smaller than the last : length five inches : the 

 male has all the upper part of the head and the 

 occiput of a slaty-black ; the cheeks are also of this 

 hue, but are varied with small white spots : the throat 

 and breast are yellowish, with a triangular black spot, 

 placed at the tip of each feather : the middle of the 

 belly, and the vent, are also yellowish, but unspotted : 

 all the upper parts, the sides of the breast, and the 

 flanks are ashy, slightly tinged with greenish : the 

 wings and the tail are deeper, the feathers being 

 edged with white, and the coverts being spotted with 

 whitish : the female has all the top of the head of a 

 chesnut-red, and the whole plumage slightly tinged 



