ABERRiVNT LANIADAN FORMS OF NEPAL. 
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ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF THE 
MORE TYPICAL LANIIDyE 
OF NEPAL. 
By B. H. Hodgson, Esa. 
Resident in Nepal. 
For the India Review. 
To the account already given of the aber- 
rant Laniadan forms of Nepal I now pur- 
pose to add a notice of the more typical 
ones. 
Subfamily Lanian®. 
Genus Lanius (hodie dictus) 
Genus Collurio Vigors. 
Bhadrdya of Nepal (generiec^.) 
Species new. Nipalensis nobis. 
Form and size. 12§ inches wide by 11^ 
long, whereof the tail is 5§ and the bill 
15-16ths. Tarsus l,15-16ths; central toe 
12-16ths; hind toe 8-16ths : weight 2 oz. 
Make robust, with a large flat head. Bill 
shorter than the head (an 8th or more), very 
strong, possessing much and equal breadth 
and height at base, but extremely compress- 
ed forwards, with round ridges and vertical 
plane sides : culmen half concealed by the 
frontal plumes, distinctly arched in the 
whole of the free portion ; not keeled ; the 
hook and tooth, large : the lower mandible 
rising from the gular excavation, with its 
strongly up-curved point fitting into a deep 
palatal notch, and its margins very widely 
and Innately scooped on either side the 
point. Nares nearer to the tip than gape, 
elliptic, longitudinal, unfossed, scarcely 
membraned posteally, and scarcely conceal- 
ed by incumbent setse and hairs. Lores 
and frontal band, rigid ; rest of the plumage, 
soft and discomposed. Rictus to eye and 
strongly bristled. Wings, hardly exceeding 
the base of the tail, short, almost rounded, 
4th or 5th quill longest, or both equal ; the 
1st considerably more than half as long as 
them. Formulaof wing 4 inches long, whereof 
the Istquillis 2^, the 2nd 3f, the 3rd 3|-, the 
4th 4, the 5thl-16th less; the rest regularly 
decreasing to the tertials, which are but f of 
an inch shorter than the longest prime. 
Tail nearly as long as the body, consisting 
of 12, rather narrow, round pointed, frayed 
feathers, the whole of which are gradated 
from below ; the ten centrals, slightly and 
equally ; the two extremes, abruptly and to 
the extent of l-g- inches. Tarsi elevate, 
strong, crossed in front by 6 or 7 distinct 
and even scales. Toes, medial, compressed, 
full-soled; the outer and central, basally 
connected ; the inner, scarcely cleft to its 
root ; laterals and hind, equal ; central, 
subelongate ; hind, stout and depressed. 
Claws, strong, moderately curved or acumi- 
nated. Tongue, short, flat, cartilaginous ; 
tip, pointed and subbifid or subjagged. In- 
testines, 10 inches long ; two tiny coeca near 
anal end. Stomach, muscular and red ; outer 
coat, of medial subequal thickness ; inner, 
tough and grooved. Food, all sorts of hard 
and soft, flying and creeping, insects,and their 
larvse and pupte ; also small lizaras, feeble 
birds, mice, and almost any living thing the 
bird can master. Has its perch on the 
upper and barer branches of trees and 
bushes, whence it descends to seize its prey 
on the ground : sometimes picks it from 
foliage, but very seldom seizes on the wing. 
Is common in the open country, in groves 
and gardens, during winter ; but resorts to 
the woods in summer. Has a harsh voice, 
very like the kestril’s, and is perpetually 
