GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



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INSESSOBES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



LANIAD.E. 



GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



Lanius exc 



bitor. Great Shrike, 



, Cinereous ,, 



, Ash- coloured ,, 



, Cinereous ,, 



, Great ,, 



, Cinereous ,, 



, Great ,, 



PiNN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 272. 

 Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 75. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 62. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 148. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 95. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ii. 



Pie-grieche grise, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 142. 



Lanius. Generic Characters. — Bill short, thick and straight at the base, 

 compressed; upper mandible hooked at the point, with a prominent tooth ; base 

 of the bill beset with hairs directed forwards. Nostrils basal, lateral, oval. 

 Wings of moderate size ; the first quill-feather shorter than the second, the 

 third the longest. Tarsus longer than the middle toe : feet with three toes 

 before, one behind ; the outer united at its base to the middle toe. 



The second Order of Birds, the Insessores, or Perch- 

 ing Birds, includes a much gi'eater number of species than 

 either of the other four primary divisions or Orders of the 



