583. OTOMELA SUPERCILIOSA (Latham).
WHITE-FRONTED SHRIKE.
- Lanius superciliosus Latham, Ind. Ornith. (1801), suppl. 20, No. 4; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 273; Dresser, Man. Palæarctic Bds. (1902), 1, 241.
- Otomela superciliosa Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 288; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1905), 4, 290; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 93.
The Island of Sagahalien, Askold and Japan; wintering in the Malay Peninsula, Philippines, and Java. (Dresser.)
“Male adult (Japan).—Differs from L. cristatus in having the upper parts much brighter, usually rich fox-red, the forehead and fore crown and a broad supercilium pure white; wings blackish, externally margined with rufous; tail fox-red tipped with dull white. Culmen, 17.7; wing, 89; tail, 94; tarsus, 21.” (Dresser.)
Subfamily PACHYCEPHALINÆ.
Bill at nostril as broad as it is high, compressed toward the tip; a well-marked notch near tip of bill; feathers of chin and jaw with their shafts produced and hair-like; rectrices nearly uniform in length; tail decidedly shorter than wing.
Genus HYLOTERPE Cabanis, 1847.
Characters same as those given for the Subfamily.