2i6 RED-BACKED SHRIKE. Class II. 



former is feven inches and a half; the breadth ele- 

 ven inches. The irides are hazel ; the bill refem- 

 bles that of the preceding fpecies : the head and 

 lower part of the back are of a fine light grey: 

 acrofs the eyes from the bill runs a broad black 

 llroke : the upper part of the back, and coverts 

 of the wings, are of a bright ferruginous color •, 

 the bread, belly and fides are of an elegant blof- 

 fom color ; the two middle feathers of the tail are 

 longed, and entirely black -, the lower part of the 

 others white, and the exterior webs of the outmoft 

 feather on each fide wholly fo. 

 ^ In the female the droke acrofs the eyes is of a 



reddifh brown : the head of a dull rud color mix- 

 ed with grey : the bread, belly' and fides of a dirty 

 white, marked with femicircular dufky lines : the 

 tail is of a deep brown -, the outward feather on 

 each fide excepted, whofe exterior webs are white. 

 Thefe birds build their neds in low budies, and 

 lay fix eggs of a white color, but encircled at 

 the bigger end with a ring of brownidi red. 



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