LANHD.E - THE SHRIKES— COLLURIO. 



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Collurio borealis, Vieillot. 



THE NORTHERN SHRIKE; THE BUTCHEK-BIRD. 



Ldttiim homilis, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sep. I. 1807, 90; pi. i. — Swain.son, F. B. Am. II. 



18.31, 111. — AuDUBOJf, 8yn. 18.39, 157. —lis. Birds Amcr. IV. 1842, 130; pi. 2.36. 

 Colli/rio liorfalis, B.^IRD, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 324. — Cooper and Sucklev, XII. iii. Zool. 



of W. T. 188. 

 Lanitis exciibilor, FoRSTER, I'liil. Trans. LXII, 1772,382. — Wilson, I. 1808, 74; pi. v. f. 1. 



AuDLBO.N, Orn. Bio-. II. 18.34, 5.34 ; [jI. 192. 

 Laiiius sfjiti iitiiomilis, liosAi'AHTE, Syii. 1828,72. — Nuttall, Man. I. 1832,258. Ib. I. 



2d cd. 1840, 285. (Not of Gmelin.) 



Sp. Ch.\k. A1»vc, light l)luish-asli, obscurely soileil with reddish-brown. Forehead, 

 sides of the crown, scapulars, and upper tail coverts, hoary-white. Beneath white, the 



breast with fine transverse lines. Wings and tail black : the former with a white patch 

 at base of primaries and tips of small quills; the latter with the lateral feathers tipped 

 with white. Bill blackish-brown, considerably lighter at the base. A black stripe from 



the hill through and behind the e)e, but beneath the latter interrupted by a whitish 

 crescent. Female and young with the gray soiled with brownish. Length, 10.25 ; extent, 

 14.50 ; wings, 4.50 ; tail, 4.80 ; its graduation, 0.90. Iris brown. 

 Hab. Northern regions from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

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