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LANIUS EXCUBITOR. THE GREAT CINEREOUS 

 SHRIKE. 



GREV SHRIKE. BUTCHER BIRD. MOUNTAIN M.\GPIE. 



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Lanius Excubitor. 

 Lanius Excubitor. 

 Cinereous Shrike. 

 Pie-grieche grise. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 135. 

 Lath. Tnd. Orn. I. 67. 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. 

 Lanius Excubitor. Temm. 



Man. d'Orn. I. 142. 



Great Cinereous Shrike. Lanius Excubitor. Selb. Illustr. I. 148. 

 Lanius Excubitor. Cinereous Shrike. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 95. 



Male with the upper parts light ash-grey^ the lotcer white ; on 

 the side of the head from the nasal memhrane to behind the ear^ 

 a broad black band, margined above with white ; quills brotcn- 

 ish-black, their bases white, forming tico patches of that colour ichen 

 the wing is closed ; terminal portion of outer scapidars, and tips 

 of all the quills elccepting the outer jiioe, u'hite ; tail black, the 

 feathers white at both extremities, the latter colour enlarging 

 towards the sides, so that the lateral feather is entirely white^ 

 excepting part of the shaft. Female similar, but with the fore- 

 neck and breast marked tvith semicircular grey lines. 



