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bata; tectricibus nonnullis alaribus remigibusqiie secun- 
dariis maciila albo-flava terminatis; cauda rotundata, 
rectricibus apice diliite aurantiacis; subtus pulchre niiniato- 
aurantiacus; abdomine imo flavicarite, iiiedio virente ; 
rostro nigro, pedibiis fuscis. Long. 10 '/2". — caud. 5". 
rostr. 1". (Lath.) 
Hab. Gambia : Bowd. — Sierra Leone : Collect. Brog- 
den. — St. Pauls-river (Sierra Leone): R. Mc'Dowell, 
(Mus. Philad.) 
Syn. Varied Shrike, Lalh. Gen. Hisl. II, p. 53. — 
Laniarius mullicolor, G. R. Gray, Gener. of Birds, pl. 
72. flg. bon. — Gass Proc. Ac. Phil. 1855, p. 439. 
crui nins ^ Less. Supra cinereus; tergo , aiis et cauda 
olivaceo-viridibus ; fronte albicante; ala spuria nigra ; re- 
migibus tertiariis nigris, margine apicali late flavis, 
reliquis, prima et secunda exceptis, extus late olivaceo- 
marginatis; rectricibus laete olivaceo-viridibus, fascia 
ante apicem flavum nigra notatis; subtus pulchre ex au- 
rantiaco-miniatus ; abdomine imo, subcaudalibus et suba- 
laribus flavis; rostro nigro, pedibus plumbeis; iride rufo- 
brunnea. Long. 9V4". — rostr 13"'. — al. 3" 10'". — 
caud. 3" 8'". — tars. 1" 4'". . 
Hab. Chama: Pel. — Gabon: Verr. ^ — Cap Coast: Less. 
Syn. Vanga cruenta, Less. Cent. zool. pl. 65. — Id. 
Zool. de Belang, p. 256. — Id. Complem. VIII. 399. — Har- 
colestes hypopyrrhus, J. et E. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. 
de Zool. 1855, p. 419. (Lebensw.) 
Wir beschrieben diese prachtvolle Art nach den schönen Exem- 
plaren Pel's in der Leidner Sammlung. Sehr irrthümlich be- 
zeichnet Lesson die Farbe des Schwanzes mit ,,ardesiaca". 
. PfH^ Bonap. Supra olivaceo - viridis , cauda laetius 
tincta; rectricibus, quatuor mediis exceptis, apice flavis; 
macula parva sericeo - alba nigro - circumdata utrinque 
inter oculum et nares; plumulis periophthalmicis flavis; 
alae tectricibus remigibusque tertiariis fuscis, macula sub- 
rotundata dilute flava pulchre terminatis et viridi-limbatis; 
remigum marginibus externis flavo -virentibus , internis 
dilute flavis; capitis lateribus flavidis; subtus cinereus, 
gula albicante, pectore et hypochondriis olivaceo - adum- 
bratis; crisso, subcaudalibus et cauda subtus flavis; 
scapis rectricum supra fuscis, subtus flavis; rostro nigro; 
pedibus plumbeis. Long. 9%". — rostr. 10'". — al. 3" 
11"'. — caud. 3" 8"'. — tars. 12 V/". — Foem. Vix 
diversa. 
Hab. Galam: Mus. Paris. — Rio Boutry: Pel. — 
Liberia: Rev. Wesley Johnson. — St. Pauls-river : Mc'Do- 
well. — Gabon: Verr. — (Moondafluss: Du Chaillu.) 
Syn. Lanius chloris, Valenc. Dict. des Sc nat. 40, 
p. 226. -— Less. Compl. VII. 432. — Pucher. Arch. du Mus, 
