. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 22. LANIOTURDUS. 237 22. LANIOTURDUS. Lanioturdus Water/iouse, App. Alexander's Int. Type IJypMpus, bimdev. Av. Mdh. Tent. p. 24 (187l') L. tuiquatus. Bill of Laniotiirdus forqitatus. Raiige. Confined to South-western Africa. 1. Lanioturdus torquatus. Lanioturdus torquatus, Waterhouse, App. Alex. Exp. Int. Afr. p 264 • A^^T' f^?- 4''*- "• P- ^^' ^''""'P'' ^''^- 4/>-- B. p. 43; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 170; Bocaye. Oni. Angola, p. 197. Platysteu-a albicauda, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p 144 Moqumus tandouus, Bp. C. R. xlii. p. 82
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 22. LANIOTURDUS. 237 22. LANIOTURDUS. Lanioturdus Water/iouse, App. Alexander's Int. Type IJypMpus, bimdev. Av. Mdh. Tent. p. 24 (187l') L. tuiquatus. Bill of Laniotiirdus forqitatus. Raiige. Confined to South-western Africa. 1. Lanioturdus torquatus. Lanioturdus torquatus, Waterhouse, App. Alex. Exp. Int. Afr. p 264 • A^^T' f^?- 4''*- "• P- ^^' ^''""'P'' ^''^- 4/>-- B. p. 43; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 170; Bocaye. Oni. Angola, p. 197. Platysteu-a albicauda, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p 144 Moqumus tandouus, Bp. C. R. xlii. p. 820. Moquinus albicaudus, Bp. Rev. el Mm,, de Zool. 1857, p. 52 pi 5 ilatystn-a torquata, Gray, Iland-l. B'.i. p. 330, no. 4949; Gurtmnn Amlerss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 132. 'J Hypsipus torquatus, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 24. Adult male. Head black, including tho lores and ear-coverts, the latter produced backwards along the sides of the neck ; forehead and suporcUiary stn^ak (not extending beyond the eye), cheeks throat sides of neck, and a large nuchal patch white; back dark grey, the rum^) mottled with white ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail pure white, the two central feathers longitudinally marked with black ; upper wing-coverts black, the primary-coverts white at tip, as also the inner greater coverts, which form a conspicuous patch on the wing ; quiUs black tipped with white, the secondaries more broadly, the primaries white at base of inner web, and the outer ones also white at base externally ; across the breast a conspicuous band ot black ; centre of the body white, the sides of the breast and Haiiks grey; tibial plumes white varied witli black; a tuft of axillary plumes under the wing white ; under wing-coverts black tie lower ones tipped with white; edge of wing white; "bill almost black ; feet very dark brown, with a whitish or lead-coloured tmt about the joints; iris greenish yellow" (Anden^so,,). Total length ,r.) inches, culmcn 0-7, wing 3-3, tail 1-6, tar
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