TELEPHONUS.
Straighter bill than "Lanius"; long 1st primary; tarsus longer; tail graduated; behind eye a small bare patch; swift runners; nest bulky, in tree or bush; eggs white, spotted and splashed with red brown and purplish grey.
Telephonus senegalus cucullatus (Temminck). ?. Crown and band from bill to ear coverts black ; broad eye-stripe white or buff ; back brown, wing coverts and outer margins of quills chestnut ; beneath grey ; tail long, tipped white.
Bill black. Legs and feet bluish grey. Wing 90-93. Tail 110-12o. Tarsus 32-33. Culmen 22-24 (H.).
Reside,/ —N. Algeria and Tunisia ; Morocco to S. Atlas Mountains.