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■ Pla c e .
■ Lanius Madagafcarrenfis, Lin: Sjr/l. i. p. ,-jy. N’° i t ,
Xa petite Pie-griefche de Madagafcar, Brif. orn. ii. p. 164. N° 9. pi. 16.
f. 1. male; f. 2. the female.— PI, enlum. 299. f, j . male; f. 2.
thefemale.
X.e Cali-calic, & leBruia, B t if. o i f ’\% p. 3 ,
g I Z E of a Hedge-fparrow: length under five inches. Bill
black; at the bafe briftly: plumage above cinereous: rump
and tail rufous : between the bill and eye is a black ipot: over
ihe eye a white line : cheeks white : throat, and fore part of the
«neck, black ; the reft of the under parts rufous white: lefier wiBg
coverts rufous; ;greater ones grey brown: quills brown, with
grey brown margins: the two middle tail feathers rufous at -the
bafe; the reft grey brown; the four next on each fide rufous,
tipt with grey brown; the outer one on each fide rufous within,
and grey brown on the outfides and tips : legs lead-colour:
claws brown.
The -female wants the black on the chin and throat; which, as
•well as the fides of the head, and aril the under, parts, are white
mixed with rufous : and. the colours in genera]'are more dull.
Inhabits Madagafcar.
Lanius emeria, Lim Syflii. p. 137. N° 23.
Mufcicapa emeria, Lin^Syfl. i. p.236. N° ’ 7.
La Pie-griefche brune de Bengale, Brif. orn. ii. p. 175; N°~I4*
Rouge-queue, Buf. oif, i. p. 309.
Indian Redftart, Ed*w. pi. 190.
Bengal Redflart, Alhin, iii. pi. 56.
reous brown ; bafe befet with briftles : irides whitifh :. crown
and hind head black; the laft fomewhat, crefted : behind the
eyes a fcarlet fpot, edged on the under part with white: belly,
vent, rump, and upper tail coverts, red: on each fide of the neck ,
are four black- curved, ipots tail pale brown :. legs and claws,
black.
Inhabits. Bengal.
Lanius joeofus, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 138.' N°2^.— Amaen. Acad. iv? p. 258.
Le petit Merle hupedela Chine, Brif. orn. ii. p. 255. .N° 22. pL 21. £ 2.
S !ZE of a L a rk : length feven inches and ahalf. The bill is black-
ilh, rather ftrai ter than in moft of the genus, and furnilhed only
with a very fine notch near the tip : the crown of the head is
black, except fome long brown feathers, which form a kind of
creft : fides of the head, throat, and fore part of the neck, white:
from each corner of the mouth is a black line, continued back-
x wards: under each eye is a fmall fpot of lively red: the upper
parts of the body are brown; the under parts dirty white : vent
rofe-colour :. on the lower part of the neck and breaft a kind of a
brown.
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