56 GREY SHRIKE. 



A third is of a pale bluish ground-colour, with a few minute dots of 

 yellowish green, and some larger patches of the same, principally at 

 and towards the larger end. 



A fourth is of a neutral-tint ground-colour, much marked all over 

 with dull yellowish orange. 



Alfred Newton, Esq., of Elvedon Hall, Thetford, writes me word 

 that the eggs sometimes resemble those of the Magpie, and that he 

 has seen one of a bluish white ground-colour, with a few dark and 

 well-defined spots. The same gentleman has very obligingly forwarded 

 to me a drawing of the nest of this species, from which the plate is 

 taken. 



