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CATALOGUE. 
"VVulliar jungle like swallows ; again near Palamcottah, in a palmyra 
tope, a small flock of them, one every now and then darting from its 
perch on the top of a palm-tree, and making a short circuit in the 
air after insects, reseating itself, though not generally on the same 
tree. On another occasion I saw it in Travancore, skimming over 
the surface of a tank, and returning to rest on a low bough over- 
hanging the water. Its flight is rapid, elegant, and remarkably like 
that of the swallow."— (Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 237.) 
" Wherever a high tree rises above its fellows, and projects a bare 
or dead branch, commanding a wide view around, there may com- 
monly be seen a party of these birds, one minute sitting together in 
a close row, anon sallying forth in quest of insects, and soon 
returning (each separately and independent of the movements of the 
rest), to alight and perch together as before. Yet they are not very 
common, but the parties are met with here and there, sometimes at 
long intervals, through a tract of favourable country ; but whenever 
they are seen, a number of specimens may be procured with the 
greatest facihty."— (Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 299.) 
209. ABTAMUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Gould. 
Artamus superciliosus, Gould, P. Z. S. (1836), p. 142 ; 
Birds of Austr. II. t. 32. G. B. Gray, Gen. of 
Birds, I. p. 285. BlytTi, Cat. B. Mies. A. S. Beng. 
p. 199. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 344. 
The White-eyebrowed "Wood SwaUow, Gould. 
a. Australia. From Mr. George Fradgley. 
Subfam. III. LANIANA, Swains. 
Genus Lanius, Linn., S. N. (1766). 
CoLLTEio, MoeJir. (1752). 
CoLLrEio, Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1831), p. 42. 
210. LANIUS EXCUBITOB, Linn. 
Lanius excubitor. Linn., S. N. I. p. 135. Lath., Hist. 
II. p. 5. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 290. 
Gould, Birds of Eur. t. 66. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. 
A. S. Beng. p. 151. Bonap., G. G. Av. p. 363. 
The Greater Butcher-bird, Will. 
The Cinereous Shrike, Lath, 
a. b. Mesopotamia. Presented by Commander Jones. 
