LANIIDiE. 



161 



with reddish : in other respects she does not differ 

 from the male. Both sexes have the upper mandible 

 dusky, and the lower bluish-white. 



GENUS LXXIX.—MALACONOTUS. Swainson. 



Rostrum fere ut in Thamno- Beak resembling that of the 

 phili. former genus. 



Rictus ciliatus. Gape ciliated. 



Ake breves, rotundatae, de- Wings short, rounded, weak, 

 biles. 



Thamnophilus, ^^fi^-y. Vieillot. 



The Malaconoti are all natives of Africa. 

 Sp. J . Ma. Blanchoti. 



M.K.fronte alho ; vertice colloque postice ardosiaco-griseis ; cor- 



pore supra griseO'olivaceo, infra ochraceo-Jiavo ; remigium tec- 



triciumque alarum marginibus Jlavis. 

 Malaconotus with the forehead white ; the crown and neck behind 



slaty-grey ; the body above olive-grey ; beneath ochre-yellow ; 



the quills and wing-coverts edged with yellow. 

 La pie-griesche Blanchot. Le Vaill. Ois. Afriq, vi. 122. pi' 



285.— Blanchot Shrike. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. 20. 



Size of a Throstle : beak and legs lead-colour : 

 top of the head and neck behind slaty-grey: the 

 forehead white : the rest of the upper parts greyish- 

 olive colour : wing-coverts, for the most part, edged 

 with fine yellow : quills dusky, with light yellow 

 margins : all the under parts of the bird ochre- 

 yellow : the tail long and rounded : the wings reach 

 about a quarter of an inch from the base. 



V. XIII. 1\ II. 11 



