. A general history of birds . the head a white streak; and from the nostrils, continuing onthe sides of the jaw, another, ending on the side of the neck ; bodyfine olive-green above, beneath fine yellow; quills brown; tail thesame, the feathers more or less tipped with white; legs brown. Inhabits New-Holland. A.—In this variety the upper white streak goes on to the nostrils,but the under only to the lower jaw; the yellow beneath the bodyvery pale; the whole outer web, and end of the exterior tail featherwhite, the second tipped with white, the third the same, but onlyjust at the tip, the next
. A general history of birds . the head a white streak; and from the nostrils, continuing onthe sides of the jaw, another, ending on the side of the neck ; bodyfine olive-green above, beneath fine yellow; quills brown; tail thesame, the feathers more or less tipped with white; legs brown. Inhabits New-Holland. A.—In this variety the upper white streak goes on to the nostrils,but the under only to the lower jaw; the yellow beneath the bodyvery pale; the whole outer web, and end of the exterior tail featherwhite, the second tipped with white, the third the same, but onlyjust at the tip, the next blackish; the two middle ones, and outerwebs of the others ash-colour; quills the same, reaching to themiddle of the tail; bill and legs dusky horn-colour. Inhabits New South Wales, seen chiefly at Port Jackson, butgenerally in the winter, or the cold months; frequents watery places,and has been observed to feed on the seeds of reeds, in the marshyor wet grounds.—A fine specimen in the collection of Mr. w??^/ ^^Ke SHRIKE. 73 87— TABUAN SHRIKE. Lanius tabuensis, Ind. Orn. i. 76. Gin. Lin. i. 306. Shaws Zool. rii. Shrike, Gen. St/n. i. 164. LENGTH eight inches and three quarters. Bill one inch long,brown, not much curved, with a small notch; top of the headgreenish brown; body above olive-brown; sides of the head muchdarker; throat and breast ash-colour; paler down the shafts of thefeathers; belly pale yellowish brown, vent dusky; outer edge of thewings, and greater quills black ; the second quills black-brown,margined with dusky white; tail brown; legs the same. Inhabits the Friendly Isles, in the South Seas. The specimen,from which the above description was taken, brought from Ton-gotaboo. 88—BRIMSTONE SHRIKE. LENGTH eight inches. Bill one inch and three quarters long,stout, rather strait, except at the tip, which is hooked, colour dusky;top of the head dusky black; the rest of the upper parts olive-brown;all beneath brimstone-colour, b
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