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Title: The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Shelley, G. E. (George Ernest), 1840-1910 Sclater, W. L. (William Lutley), 1863-1944 Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.)
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etiring habits, much oftenerheard than seen. Vanga griseipectus, n. sp. (Pi. 50.) Types. Differ from the more northern F. curvirostris in the black of the head extending forward, more or less, over the whole crown ; collar and under parts, with the exception of the pure white chin and under tail- i coverts, pale silvery grey; the white margins on the secondaries rathernarrower and less strongly marked; in the males the black on the top ofthe head is quite as much extended as in the females of the northern form,while the females of V. griseipcckis have the remainder of the crown andthe forehead mottled with black. Total length 97 and 10-5 inches, culmen115, wing 4-3, tail 4-25, tarsus 115. Saralahan, <y , 2 (Crossley). The Grey-breasted Vanga replaces V. curvirostris insouthern Madagascar. This species, which I here distinguish under the nameV. griseipectus on account of the grey shade on the breast,is quite as strongly characterized by the great amount of THE BIRDS OF AFRICA,PL. L.
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Vanga griseipecta.c?.^ LANTZIA RUFA 195 black on the upper portion of the head ; it has been referredto by Milne Edwards and Grandidier as a melanistic race ofV. curvirostris. No doubt, in habits, the two species are verysimilar, both being known to the natives by the commonname Vanga. Genus V. LANTZIA. Bill grey and rather wide ; upper mandible hooked and notched, thebase entirely covered with bristles down to the nostrils. Back, wings andtail uniform chestnut. Tarsi and feet grey. Type. Lantzia, Hartl. Yog. Madag. p. 194 (1877) L. rufa. The genus is represented by one species, confined to Madagascar. Lantzia rufa. Lanius rufus, Linn. S, N. i. p. 137 (1766) Madagascar. Lantzia rufa, Milne Edw. and Grand. Hist. Madag. Ois. i. p. 418, pis.160, 160a, figs. 1, 161 (1885); Sibree, Ibis, 1891, p. 436. Vanga rufa, Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii. p. 105 (1883); Shelley, B. Afr. i.No. 659 (1896); Sbarpe, Handl. B. iv. p. 263 (1903). Lanius madagascariensis (non Linn.) Temm. Tabl. Method, p. 19 (1838)

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