The Laniidæ or Shrike Family

38. <em>Lanius tephronotus</em>. The grey-backed shrike.

39. <em>Pericrocotus brevirostris</em>. The short-billed minivet. Very common about Darjeeling.

40. <em>Campophaga melanoschista</em>. The dark-grey cuckoo-shrike.

Plumage is dark grey, wings black, tail black tipped with white. Rather larger than a bulbul. Cuckoo-shrikes keep to trees, and rarely, if ever, descend to the ground.