240 LITTLE GREY-HEADED BUSH-SHRIKE. 
cannot be varied from tbat already given of the 
greater species; tbe only difference, as before re- 
marked, in tbeir colours, is tbe extension of tbe 
white before tbe eye, which in this is continued in 
a stripe over the eye, so as to reach as far as the 
ears ; it is then lost in obscure whitish dots or 
freckles on the sides of the neck : there is also a 
tinge of yellow on those feathers nearest to the 
nostrils, which is not seen in the other ; the yellow 
of the tail, particularly on its under surface, as well 
as on the belly and thighs, is deeper. 
Total length, 7i inches ; bill from the gape, T 7 0 ; 
wings, ; tail beyond, 2f ; from the base, 4 ; tar- 
sus almost 1. 
PUFF-BACKED BUSH-SHRIKE. 
Malaconotus moUissimus, Swains. 
PLATE XXIII. 
Above glossy black; beneath white; feathers on the back 
long, white, and downy ; female grey above and fulvous 
white beneath. 
La Cubla, La Vaill. Ois. d'Afrique, ii.pl. 72 Lanius Cubla, 
Audorum , 
To an ordinary observer there is nothing in the 
usual appearance of this species entitling it to any 
particular notice ; and yet, upon a closer inspection, 
it proves one of the most remarkable birds in the 
