SHRIKES. 9 
Order 11. INSESSORES. 
Fam. LANIID&. 
GREAT GREY SHRIKE. Lanius excubitor, Linneus. 
Autumn and winter visitant; but has been found 
in England very rarely in summer, and has been 
thought in consequence to have nested in this country. 
An important article on this bird and its allies, by 
Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser, will be found in the 
‘Proceedings of the Zoological Society’ for 1870, 
p- 990. 
RED-BACKED SHRIKE. JLanius collurio, Linneus. 
A summer migrant, most numerous in the south of 
England; rare in Scotland, and not found in Ireland. 
WOODCHAT. Lanius rutilus, Latham. 
A rare summer visitant to England only. The nest 
has twice been found at Freshwater, Isle of Wight ; 
and immature birds have been taken near Penzance 
and at Scilly. 
Mr. Wise observes, in his ‘ History of the New 
Forest,’ p. 314, “As some pairs are sometimes to be 
seen [in the Forest] in the summer, I should not be 
