LANIUS SUBCORONATUS. — Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXYIII. 
L. supra nigro-brunneus, griseo-tinctus, infra albus, pectore abdomineque roseo-tinctis ; plumis scapulatis 
albis, fasciam obliquam albam formantibus ; crisso caudseque tectricibus superioribus cinereis ; fxonte 
superciliisque flavo-albis. 
Longittfdo a rostri apice ad basin caudte 4 uno ; caudae 4 | unc. 
Colour. — The top of the head, the upper and lateral parts of the neck, the 
interscapular feathers, and the back, dark umber-brown, with a strong grey 
gloss ; the rump and upper tail coverts dark ash-grey. Wings dark umber- 
brown, the primary quill feathers and several of the secondaries white near 
their base, and always some of them narrowly tipped with white. The 
scapular feathers are pure white, and form a broad oblique band of that 
colour on each side of the back at the base of the wing. The four middle 
tail-feathers are liver-brown, the two next on each side liver-brown towards 
the base, white towards the points, the remaining two of each side white 
with liver-brown shafts. Throat white, breast and belly dusky white 
with a rosy tint. The side of the head behind the eye is crossed with 
a broad brownish black band which passes to the side of the neck ; the front 
and eyebrows are yellowish white. Eyes dark brown. Bill livid brown, and 
semi-diaphanous. Legs and toes blackish brown. 
Form, &c. — Typical. Bill robust, and rather short, culmen towards frontal 
feathers rather sharp, hook at apex of upper mandible moderately developed, 
tooth small and acute. The wings rather long, and when folded reach over 
the first fourth of the tail ; the fourth quill feather rather longest, the third and 
fifth equal and slightly shorter, the second and sixth equal, and about half an 
inch shorter than the fifth, the first about half the length of the second. Tail 
long, narrow and much graduated, the two centre feathers rather the longest, 
the°next on each side rather shorter, the other four successively shorter, the 
outermost about two inches shorter than the two middle ones. Tarsi and toes 
moderately robust, the former distinctly scutellated in fiont, entire behind. 
The outer and inner toes of equal length, and rather shorter and less robust 
