BLYTH^S CUCKOO-SHRIKE. 
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series of G. saturata from Burmalij and I have no doubt whatever about 
their identity. 
This bird was first obtained in the island of Hainan by Mr. Swinhoe^ and 
does not appear to have been procured by him in any other part of China. 
Dr. Tiraud states that it is found in Cochin China. 
Mr. Davison found it all over the Tenasserim Division as far down 
as Mergui^ which is probably its southern limit. 
In Pegu it is universally spread over the whole Division. I have found 
it and C. melanoptera in much the same localities ; but whereas the latter 
is commonest in the northern portions_, the reverse is the case with 
C. saturata. 
The species of this genus appear to have much the same habits. They 
are generally seen singly or in couples_, closely searching the leaves of 
large trees for caterpillars and other insects. They appear to be remark- 
ably silent j and I have never heard either of the two species with which 
I am acquainted utter a note. None of them^ as far as I know^ are migra- 
tory. The plumage is soft_, except the feathers of the rump_, the shafts 
of which^ as is the case with all the members of the CampophagidcBj are 
rigid. A short account of the nidification of C, sykesi will be found 
below. 
222. CAMPOPHAaA MELANOPTERA. 
BLYTH^S CUCKOO-SHRIKE. 
Ceblepyris melanoptera, Hupp. Mus, Senckenb. iii. p. 25, tab. ii, f. 1. Campe- 
phaga melanoptera, Bl. J. A. S. B. xv. p. 307. Campephaga avensis, Bl. 
Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 327. Volvocivora avensis, Bl. B. Burtn. p. 123 ; 
Hume, S. F. iii. p. 93, v. p. 205, viii. p. 91. Campophaga melanoptera 
(Biijjp.), Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 67. 
Description. — Male. Like the male of C. saturata, but with the grey 
pale and pure. It differs also in the following respects : — The central 
tail-feathers are washed with grey on the basal half, the vent and under 
tail-coverts are pure white, and the white tips to the tail-feathers are 
larger; it is also a smaller bird. 
The female is probably, when old, very similar to the male ; but all the 
females I have ever procured are barred below. The upper plumage is as 
pure a grey as in the male, and the shafts of the feathers of the head as 
black ; the rump and upper tail-coverts are paler and the feathers paler 
margined and indistinctly barred ; the lower plumage is greyish white, 
barred everywhere with ashy, the bars being rather wide apart and very 
distinct • the ear-coverts have very conspicuous white shaft-streaks ; the 
