58 GREY SHRIKE 



green, or occasionally cream-colour, blotched irregularly with 

 olive-green, wood-brown, and dull lilac of various shades ; the 

 markings being sometimes suffused over the greater part of 

 the shell, at others collected into a more or less distinct 

 zone." 



The drawing of the nest of this species, from which the 

 plate is taken, was kindly forwarded by Professor A. New- 

 ton. Seebohm describes one in Holland as occurring in an 

 oak tree thirty feet from the ground. A somewhat bulky 

 structure, as large as that of a blackbird, composed of slender 

 twigs, dry grass, a few leaves and a little moss, and lined 

 with roots, wool, hair, and feathers. 



