than the hinder toe. Claws of anterior toes long, slender, and slightly
curved; the claw of hinder toe strong, and much curved.
DIMENSIONS.
In ch . Lines.
Length from the tip of the bill to the
point of the tail ............. 8 6
of the bill from the gape......
of the wings when folded ...
of the tail .......................... 4, q
Length of the tarsus........
of the outer toe .
of the middle toe.
of the inner toe .
of the hinder toe .
Inch. Lines.
The grey tint is stronger in the female than in the male, and the white is
less clear, being generally tinged with yellow.
The first specimen we obtained was killed near Latakoo, and many others were added to our
collection as we proceeded to the northward, although we never found the species common in
any of the districts we visited. When L a m m subcoronatus appeared, L a n in s Collaris ceased
to be found, and had'every reason to believe that the former held, to themorthward of
Latakoo, th a t place which the latter holds to the southward. We were familiar with L .
subcoronatus in its native haunts long before we were aware that it was an nndescribed species
We had always conceived it to be identical with L a n in s Collaris, and it was not till one of our
hunters.killed a specimen by accident that we were convinced of the contrary When flvine a
well as when perched, the similarity ofthe.two species is striking, and their manners and habits
are identically the same. Both pounce upon their prey with the same hawk-like spirit and move
through the air with equal velocity; both perch upon the summit of trees or shrubs’ and there
watch their prey or their enemies, and both impale what objects they capture, and are not able
at the moment to consume, upon the long and powerful thorns of some favourite acacia tree
X. subcoronatus differs from X. Collaris, first, in having ^smaller bill, the oilmen of which is
sharp, especially towards the frontal feathers; secondly, in having the frontal feathers and eve
brows white instead ofhlack, as is the case in X. C o lla r is ; it is also rather a smaller bird l!