. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 316 PKIoNOriD-T!:. 16. HYPOCOLIUS. Type. Hypocolius, Bp. Consj). i. p. 420 (1850) H. Wiug of Hypocolius ampelinus.' Range. North-eastern Africa. Sindh. 1. Hypocolius ampelinus. Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 420; Hevgl. Ibis, 1868, p. 181, pi. v.; id. Orn. p. 420. no. 364, cxi.; Salvad. Ibis, 1870, p. ; Blavf. Ibis, 1876, p. 388; Sol. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 633; Blcmf. Sir. F. 1875, p. 358 ; Hume, t. c. p. 416. Cetlepyris isabelliua, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 32. no. 308. Lanius ampelinus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 39
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 316 PKIoNOriD-T!:. 16. HYPOCOLIUS. Type. Hypocolius, Bp. Consj). i. p. 420 (1850) H. Wiug of Hypocolius ampelinus.' Range. North-eastern Africa. Sindh. 1. Hypocolius ampelinus. Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 420; Hevgl. Ibis, 1868, p. 181, pi. v.; id. Orn. p. 420. no. 364, cxi.; Salvad. Ibis, 1870, p. ; Blavf. Ibis, 1876, p. 388; Sol. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 633; Blcmf. Sir. F. 1875, p. 358 ; Hume, t. c. p. 416. Cetlepyris isabelliua, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 32. no. 308. Lanius ampelinus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 392. no. 5962. Adult. General colour above ashy grey, slightly washed with creamy buff on the rump; head crested, deep isabeUiue, greyer on the crown ; a narrow line of black running from the nostrils along the base of the biU and joining the feathers in front of the eye, which are also black; ear-coverts and a nuchal band black, shaded with grey, the hinder neck rather darker grey ; wing-coverts drab- grev, like the back, bastard wing and primary-coverts ashy brown, the" latter washed with clearer grey near the base and on the outer web; quills black, white towards their tips, shaded with brown at their extreme ends, the secondaries ashy grey like the back, the outer ones blackish on the inner webs; tail grey, with a broad black tip; cheeks and throat creamy isabeUine, breast and sides of body ashy grey, the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale creamy isabeUine, the vent whitish; under wing-coverts isabeUine buff; " biU horn-coloured, dusky towards the tip; legs flesh-coloured " (Blnnford). Total length 8-7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-95, tail 4*45, tarsus 0-95. Adidt female. Slightly smaller, olivascent greyish isabeUine; the head, the eyebrows, and the lores duller; no black on the face or nape ; the primaries cxternaUy margined with pale dusky grey, with an abrupt and conspicuous white apical margin ; the black colour at the tip of the tail less distinct
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