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Catalogue of Birds 



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if at all— more abundant on the table land than below the ghauts— fre- 

 quents open baubul jungle, or single trees on the open plain, or culti- 

 vated ground. Seldom approaches villages or cantonments, as the last 

 does, but has the same habits and food. 



Irides hazel brown— bill and legs black— length 9l inches ; tail 5. 



50. L. erythronotus. — Coll. erijthronotus, Vig. — Latora, H.— Rufous- 

 backed Shrike. 



This shrike is a rare bird in the Carnatic, less so in the Deccan, com- 

 mon on the West Coast, ami most abundant on the Neilgherries. It pre- 

 fers a more wooded country than the two last species — frequents low 

 bushy ground or open spaces in the jungle, and has similar manners and 

 food to others of the genus. 



Length 10 inches j tail 4|- ; irides hazel brown — "bill and legs bla^k. 



51. L. nigriceps. — Coll. nigriceps. Frank. — Black headed Shrike. 



I have hitherto only observed this species in Goomsoor, perched on 

 trees, at the edges of thick jungle. 



Irides deep brown — length 10^ inches ; tail 5. 



Sub Family DICHURIN^E. 



Gen. TEPHRODORNIS, Swainson. 



1 think that this genus rather belongs to the ThamnophilitHZ, or bush 



shrikes, judging from its manners ; but as Swainson looks upon it as the 

 union of the two families, it may retain its place among the * swallow 

 shrikes/ 



52. T. Sylvicola. — New sp. ? — Pharee Latora, H. — Jungle wood 



shrike. 



This apparently imdescribed species inhabits the dense and lofty 

 forests of the Western Coast and ghauts. I have found it on the Coonoor 

 pass, as high as 5000 feet. It climbs and hops about the larger boughs 

 of trees, seeking for and picking insects of various kinds, but chiefly 

 coleopterous, off the bark,and occasionally making a swoop at one it has 



