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point as far from the eye as this is from the tip of the lower mandible. The under parts are 
more bluish on the sides. There is a white patch on the inner web of the secondaries at the 
base, which extends nearer the margin along the inner towards the tip, and is distinctly and 
sharply visible from above. In excubitoroides this is seen on the under surface only; in 
ludovicianus not at all. The most striking difference is in the much larger bill, which measures 
75 of an inch in a straight line from base above to point, instead of .60. The nostril is .60 of 
an inch from the tip, not .46. This bird has been referred to LZ. elegans of Swainson,! but 
seems to differ in some appreciable points. 
The Lanius mexicanus of Brehm, (Cabanis’ Journal, IJ, March, 1854, 145,) though similar 
to the, excubitoroides, yet appears to differ specifically both from this and elegans. Lanius 
nootka (Gmelin, I, 309) has not been identified in later times. 
shrike, however. 
List of specimens. 
It evidently is not a true 
Catal.) Sex. | Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. ‘orig’ Collected by—' Length. | Stretch | Wing. | Remarks. 
No. | lected: |} No. of wings. | 
| = | | 
km : | 
101727, O Marion county, Ill. .... |... | On ot | 
1664 |...e-.| Michigan.......c0eeeee scl 
782 ..++.+| Racine, Wisconsin..... + 
722 eles fela\ioiee do., sdpmctte s+] . 
7512 ie) Independence, Mo.....}.. tees | Wm. M. Magraw.)|......| Dr. Cooper ..|....ees|oeve cree 
8904 | 3 | Upper Missouri ........ | Aug 19, Le Lieut. Warren...|...... Dr. Hayden.. 8.50 | 12.50 | | Iris brown....... 
eee dort eeeacneece | eet dosteerewecees lone |-Seec+[eceeedO--ee-{ 8.25] 192.95} 4.00 | Iris light brown... 
Yellowstone. ........-. | Aug. 22, 1856 |...... dO. seen oes) setae ceveeeees 
| White river .....c+eee- May 8, 1855 Col. Vaughan....|...+..|.... | eee “eee 
703 | & | Running Water ........| Aug 16, 1857| Lt. G. K. Warren.|...... eee a0. nee 9.00 | 13.50] 4.00 | Tris dark gray........+0 Pes 
e901 | jrrttedOeeeeeereee tees |eree es eodnuo| osaocr Rescode||o506 doe || ap 9500)|) oh 24500 | 13275 Mewesenedoss anes /aee ae 
8795 |«...-.| 15 miles E. of Laramie. | Aug. § 9.25} 12.50 4.00 | Iris brown, bill bI’k, feet gray 
8779 | Q Forks of Platte river... | Aug 8.50 | 12.00 B.O0"| cece cescercevscecccvensene 
BOAT Ione Fort Laramie.......... | Sept. —, 1857 |......d0...... elsisiel| Melatetele freee dO veeees fonooodd capo cond) jgadonoca| soccod sbocadinssooS isons ssce 
BOTA af emalelelil siclcieiei(A Ons clavisiaeesisien «sil | SEDt=1 GstLOO") | cools. CO daretelsiciaie's IW Ages sd COjewces 9°25;| 12.25 400 | vcisciclereewces cwcceieinvaesie eee 
Rodel eee sui| ve et dow Gassecec a .ceuellbeace fDicbiccd Reteent berecsten os iccocs |Paeeeaon sea Be errH eoncroen Mote uas-\eccatte etna 
7001 |-++s-.| North Fork of Platte R.) Aug. 1, 1857) Lieut Bryan 372 | W.S.WO0d.:} 00. ..-.} essences slclalafelsiailifisiels oe pieeieiee DOOUODOOEODOOS Oo 
5065 J.2+ee- Crossing of Pecos river. | July 7, 1855) Capt. Pope..... | 105 ainjatntatelelatels 10.00 | 11.00 4.00 |......- ale ataate|s (aie eleln siatclatedeterer 
8718 |-»--.-| San Elizario, Texas... | Dec. 15...... Maj. Emory. ....|.. eeee| Jo. Clark..| 9.50) 11.00 | 3.50 | Eyes brown, gums light blue. 
S71 Gipwe cease MiSPASOSuLEXAS « cislsicicielliciciaic elcid cleniiale's Vareieraleia (ilomersiue sroeie|fcteistejate stepsiete's CL Os diel ats 12,295 9.00 EO EEARGADO EECOmGCOORCEDon Coes 
5066 |--e0e. Dona Ana, N. M....... | Nov. 14, 1855| Capt. Pope ...... Perso ee ces ondsda cocvicece| cece cves|evceeoes Bill, feet, and eyes black... 
BTLZ eeeees Mimbres to Rio Grande. |...... wleisieie(elsie| ML) I's Henry. ....+.| slefafetsl| afeta im ieivlalel wate $60 pogo beos|icops.ccne sfeenie en's wiclvbinie/e vices itd ei<'s wlule'cisielsiatwivicre 
4190} 3 | Charco Escondido, N.M.| Mar. —, 1853 Lient (Olt toseel Ronse cteeoonads ..-.| 8.50] 11,00] 4.00 Byes dark brown, feet lead.. 
8715 |..... | Camp 130, N. M...... Feb. 23, 1854] Lieut. Whipple ..|......| Kenn & Mill.!.....s..Jecceceesles Siieseevs tee e ne cece cecees cree 
5503 | G | Petaluma, Cal.........| Mar. —, 1856 | E. Samuels......| secees|oos Seeeeeeraer|scsecuee| eeoeeee Rar cade macananuct i 50ct 3 seeeee eee 
B505H Gill sssaredOsaccsrece oc .-+»| May —, 1856]...... Gleouoeecéos|| EH ecgote snccee ixe8Gera| anne soc 
B72 Lon retelsis « Fresidio, Cal..... Sale e'sled | etait cloteterelerelele(eye|| Late LEO Wi DLiCle Gaye tmiterstel| sielecetetetetetisleteietete| tater ere gpa|lso00sa 
5947 |eoceee | Santa Clara, Cal. .s..0.|ssecsccccecese| GOV. StevenS..c./.ceee-| Dr. CuOper ..|cceecss:|eeeevee 5 
SSO Ree | ee dOsce since sccm eecel| sates se saversereal eee dOis cis dae Boose clantectecdOsseaee||assadecalleaecle 
4940 le seeiee San José, Cal....cecoce|sscscesecveses A. J. Grayson....| 
87i9 | 3 Tulare valley ....0....- seeeseeceeees| Dts Williamson...|.. 
=| Fort Tejon .... cere cee: |-seeee secceee.| J- &. de Vescy...| 
4572) |....<.| Gila river, N. Mi. c,ccec|ecscenssc. eees| Maj. EMOry. oe | 
8720 |......| Fort Yuma, Cal.......4 [eee senaeacee aaasen Ore ceeeRewal|, 25) le nee 
| | | 
‘1 Lanius ELEGANS, Sw .—White-winged Shrike. 
Lanius elezans, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 122.—Nurraxz, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 287.—Gampset, Pr. A. N. Sc. I, 1843, 
261.— Bonar. Rey. et Mag. Zool. V, 1853, 295. 
Clear bluish gray beneath unspotted white, with a frontlet of the same color with the head ; a broad white band across the 
wing ; a slender and very cuneiform tail, entirely bordered with white ; the second quill feather longer than the sixth, the 
ourth the longest ; and tarsi exceeding the length of the bill, (measured from the angle of the mouth.) 
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