17.
Var. A,
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Var.B.
18.
CRESTED RED
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P lace.
Ea Pie-griefche Pouffe du Senegal, P I . m l. 477. f. z.
JN this the upger parts of the body are rufous : the under party
whitilh: thewings wholly brown,, with a ftnall fpot of white
juft at the bafe of the quills.
Ra Pie-griefche à tête noire du Senegal, P I . m l. 474,
^ N O T H E R variety. It differs only in having the head black,
and the tail rather longer than in the laft mentioned.
Ranius criilatus, L in .S y ft.\ . p. 134; N" 3.
Ra Pie-griefche rouffe de Bengale, B r if. orn. ii. p. 173. N° 13.
Crelied red or ruffet-coloured Butcher-bird, E dw . i, pi. 34. T EN GTH fix inches and a half : fize of the Red-backed.'
Head fomewhat crefted* : bill horn-coloured ; tip hlackifh :
upper parts of the body rufous ; under parts dirty orange, tranf-
verfely croffed with black lines : behind each eye is a black
mark, like a crefcent : the quills are brown,, edged with paler
brown : tail rufous above, grey beneath -: legs and claws black.
Inhabits Bengal, where it is called Char ah,
M. de B'ujfondoppofes this not natural, as he has met with fpecimens wherein-
the head was perfectly fmooth,.fo thinks it might happen from the accidental
ruffling of the feathers. It may be fo ; but it mull be allowed that the male may
have the leathers of the crown much elongated, when the female has not, cpriiii-
luting merely the difference of fex.
Tanins
Lanius curvirollris, L in . Syjl. i. p. 135. N°S. 19.
R’Ecorchéur de Madagafcar, B r if . orn. ii. p. 191, pi. 19. f. 1.—P I . enl. HOOK-BILLED
228.
-Re Vanga, ou, Becarde à ventre blanc, B n f . oif. i. p. 312.
M ’HIS' meafures ten inches in length, and is of the fize of a
Blackbird.' The bill is black, and above an inch and a
quarter in length ; the tips of both mandibles more crooked than
in any of the fpecies : the hind head is of a greenilh black; the
•reft of the head, throat, neck, breaft, belly, fides, under wing, and
tail coverts, white: the upper parts of the body black; each
feather edged with greenilh black: the greater wing coverts
obliquely tipped with white, forming a band on the wing: quills
black; on the firft five is a white fpot, and the inner margins are
white alfo : the tail is alh-coloured half way from the bafe ; afterwards
black, with the very tip white; the two middle feathers
the longeft : the legs are lead-colour: the claws blackifh.
This is a native of Madagafcar, where it goes by the name
of Vanga: it feeds on fruits, and is faid to whittle well *.
D escription.
P l a c e .
Pie-griefche d’Antigue, Son. Foy. p'. 114. pi. 70.
g I Z E of the Red-backed Shrike. Bill large and black; the
upper mandible is very long, and the curvature fo exceffive,
that one would rather take it for a monftrofity, than common to
any one fpecies: irides dulky : the head is black: the back of a
* Orn. de Salerne, p. 32. *
Z 2
20.
ANTIGUAN
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