LANIID^. 135 



Lanius excubitor, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 393. 

 Lanius minor, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vb'gel Ost-Afrika's, p. 330. 



Dresser & Sharpe, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 599. 



Sharpe's Cat. No. 483. 



This species is very common in Damara Land during 

 the rainy season ; but on the return of the dry weather 

 it mostly disappears, though I believe a few individuals 

 remain throughout the year. These Shrikes usually 

 perch on some conspicuous tree or other elevated object, 

 whence they can obtain a good view of what passes 

 around them ; they feed chiefly on insects, which they 

 catch both on the wing and on the ground. A great 

 number of these birds are often found in a very limited 

 space and not unfrequently on the same tree. 



The iris is brown, the legs and toes bluish black. 



Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 84 



Length of folded wing 46 



tarsus 10 



middle toe 07 



tail 38 



bill 10 



[Mr. Andersson procured specimens of this Shrike, which are 

 now in the collection of Mr. E. B. Sharpe, in Ondonga, at 

 Elephant's Vley, and at Objimbinque. ED.] 



172. EnneOCtonilS COlllirio (Linn.). Red-backed Shrike. 



L'Ecorcheur, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 64. 



Enneoctonus Anderssoni, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 145. 

 Enneoctonus collurio, Gurney, Birds Damar., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 



p. 3. 



Enneoctornis cotturio, Layard's Cat. No. 310. 

 Lanius collurio, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr v App. p. 393. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 475. 



