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LANIAD.E. 



INSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



LAN IAD jT.. 



THE WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 



Lanius rutilus, The Woodchat, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 277. 



,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



ruj'us, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 81. 



,, „ Selby, Brit. Ornith, vol. i. p. 153. 



,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 96. 



,, ,, Gori.D, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



,, Pie-grieche ronsse, Temm. JMan. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 146. 



Whatever doubts might have existed formerly of the 

 propriety of including the Woodchat among the Shrikes that 

 visit England, there can be no question on this subject now, 

 several instances having occurred in which this bird has been 

 obtained. 



