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CATALOGUE. 
Lanius curcutea, Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton j MS, 1. p. 8. 
CuECUTEA, Beng., Hamilton. 
Katkati, Beng., Blytli. 
Kher Khetta, Tickell. 
a. h. c. ^. N. India. 
d. e. $ ? . Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
f. young. Tenasserim. From Heifer's Collection. 
g. Drawing. From Heyne's Collection. 
h. Drawing. From Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton's Collection. 
" This is one of the commonest of Indian birds, and as its 
particularly harsh chattering affords one of the earliest intimations 
of the advent of the cold season in Calcutta, its note is then far 
more acceptable than is warranted by the music of it. A few 
individuals, however, are procurable at all seasons within a few 
miles of Calcutta. This species is also common on the eastern side 
of the Bay of Bengal, extending southward to the straits." — (Blyth, 
Journ. A. S. Beng. XY. p. 303.) 
" The word Curcutea is applied to several animals, and even 
children, that have strong harsh voices. This Shrike builds its nest in 
trees and bushes ; feeds on insects, and attacks small birds." — (Dr. 
F. (B.) Hamilton, MS. I. p. 8.) 
" Nest found in large bushes or thickets, shallow, circular, four 
inches in diameter, rather coarsely made of fine twigs and grass. 
Eggs 3 ordinary ; x fi ; pale rose-colour, thickly sprinkled with 
blood-red spots, with a darkish livid zone at the larger end. June." 
—(Tickell, Journ. A. S. Beng. XVII. p. 302.) 
219. ENNEOCTONUS TIGBINUS, Drapiez Bp. 
Lanius tigrinus, Brap., Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. Blyth, 
Gat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 152. 
Enneoctonus superciliosus, {Lath.) Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 362. 
Lanius magnirostris. Less, in Belanger's Voyage. 
Lanius strigatus, Eyton, B. Z. JS. (1839), p. 103. 
Seeaea, Malay, Eyton. 
a. b. c. d. Malacca. Presented by W. Griffith, Esq. 
