NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF AFRICA. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF LE VAILLANT. 



THE BENTEOT (Pkrenatrir Temia, Hoksfielb), 



Le Temia, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Af. ii. p. 22, pi. 56 ; Dand. ii. 244 ; Shaw, Zool. 

 vii. 372. Corvus varians, Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. xxvi. Phrenotrix Temia, 

 Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 165 ; Horsf. Zool. Res. No. 1., plate of the bird ; id, 

 plate of bills, N a. b. Changeable Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 119 ; 

 Id. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 34 ; Leson. Diet. Class, xiii. 437. 



Here again is a new species, which, according to the form of its bill, 

 claims particular alliance with our magpies. It appears, indeed, to be 

 more closely allied to this genus than the bird of the preceding article, 

 to which we have applied the name of Mustachio Shrike. Its manners, 

 habitudes, mode of living, number of eggs, &c, and even the part of 

 India it inhabits, are absolutely beyond our knowledge*. It is a bird 

 of extreme rarity in our cabinets of natural history, and forms a part of 

 the magnificent collection of M. Temminck, treasurer of thelndia com- 



* It is now known to inhabit Java.— Ed. 



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