. Birds. Birds. 496 LANirDas. This species is also found in the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and other of the larger islands. Habits, Sfc. The eggs are described by Hume as being greenish white marked with brown, olivaceous brown, and purplish grey, and as measuring about "86 by "62. The nest has not been described. Genus GRAUCALUS, Cuvier, 1817. The genus Orauealus differs from Oampophaga in having a very long pointed wing and a relatively more massive bill. The two Indian species are birds of comparatively large size. The sexes differ in colour. These birds are arboreal, frequenting o
. Birds. Birds. 496 LANirDas. This species is also found in the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and other of the larger islands. Habits, Sfc. The eggs are described by Hume as being greenish white marked with brown, olivaceous brown, and purplish grey, and as measuring about "86 by "62. The nest has not been described. Genus GRAUCALUS, Cuvier, 1817. The genus Orauealus differs from Oampophaga in having a very long pointed wing and a relatively more massive bill. The two Indian species are birds of comparatively large size. The sexes differ in colour. These birds are arboreal, frequenting only the well-wooded portions of the country or forests. They feed on insects which they pick off leaves and their notes are mellow and pleasant. Key to the Species. a. Tail broadly tipped with white G. macii, p. 496. b. Tail nearly entirely black G. dobsonr, p. 497. 510. Graucalus macii. The Large Guehoo-Shrike. Graucalus macei, Less. TraiU, p. 349 (1831) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 190 Borsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 173; Jerd. B. L i, p. 417 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B xli, pt. ii, p. 156;- Hume, N. ^- E. p. 181; Sume, S. F. ii, p. 204 Ball, S. F. ii, p. 400 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 647 Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 360; Skarpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 34; Hume Cat. no. 270; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 267; Gates, B. B. i, p. 228; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 150; Gates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 348. Graucalus layardi, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 368; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 117 ; Hume, Cat. no. 270 bis. Easya, Hind. ; Kabasi, Bang. ; Pedda akurai, Tel. ; TalKng-pho, Kg. 145.—^Head of G. macii. Coloration. Male, Upper plumage grey, paler on the rump and upper tail-coverts; the region of the nostrils, the lores, and the feathers about the gape black ; sides of the face and of the neck similar to the upper plumage; ear-coverts dusky; chin, throat breast, and upper abdomen grey, rather lighter than the upper. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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