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** Tail short; even, or slightly rounded. 



30. L. rufus, Briss. (Wood-Chat.) Upper plumage 

 variegated with black, white, and ferruginous : under parts 

 white: second quill equal to the fifth : tail slightly rounded. 



L. rufus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 146. Wood-Chat, Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. i. p. 377. Selb. Illmt. vol. i. p. 153. pi. 100. f. 1. Wood- 

 Shrike, Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. 



DIMENS. Entire length seven inches five lines. 



DESCRIPT. Forehead, region of the eyes and ears, and upper part of 

 the back, black : occiput and nape ferruginous : scapulars white : wings 

 black; quills white at the base; some of them also edged and tipped 

 with white : rump gray : under parts pure white : tail with the two 

 outermost feathers wholly white, excepting a black spot at the base of 

 the inner web ; the two next with the black spot of larger size, and on 

 both webs; the rest black, tipped with white; the two middle ones 

 wholly black. (Female.) Colours more obscure: occiput and nape 

 streaked with brown : the black on the back approaching to that colour : 

 under parts dirty white ; the breast with transverse brown lines. (Egg.) 

 Pale bluish white; the larger end spotted with hair-brown and ash- 

 gray: long. diam. eleven lines; trans, diam. eight lines. 



Extremely rare in this country. Has been killed in the neighbour- 

 hood of Canterbury, and near Swaffham in Norfolk. In the latter 

 locality, it has been observed to breed more than once. Feeds on insects. 

 Places its nest in the forked branches of bushes. 



31. L. Collurio, Linn. (Red-backed Shrike.) Back, 

 scapulars, and wing-coverts, ferruginous : breast and flanks 

 rose-red : second quill longer than the fifth : tail even at 

 the extremity. 



L. Collurio, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 147. Red-backed Shrike, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 150. pi. 43. f. 2. and 

 pi. 43. f. 1, 2. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 73. 



DIMENS. Entire length seven inches : length of the bill (from the 

 forehead) six lines, (from the gape) nine lines and a half; of the tarsus 

 eleven lines; of the tail three inches one line and a half; from the 

 carpus to the end of the wing three inches seven lines: breadth, wings 

 extended, eleven inches four lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) Crown of the head and nape ash-gray : a black 

 band through the eyes, commencing at the base of the upper mandible, 

 and reaching half-way down the neck : back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, 

 ferruginous brown: rump ash-gray: quills dusky, edged with reddish 

 brown : throat and vent white ; breast, belly, and flanks, rose-red : tail 

 nearly even at the extremity ; the two middle feathers wholly black ; the 

 rest white from the base through two-thirds of their length, the remain- 

 ing portion black, except the extreme tip which is also white : bill and 

 feet black: irides chestnut-brown. (Female.) All the upper parts dull 

 ferruginous brown : nape and rump tinged with ash-gray : under parts 

 grayish white ; sides of the neck, breast, and flanks, barred transversely 

 with narrow semicircular dusky lines : tail with the outer webs of the 

 two external feathers edged with white : the four middle ones of a uni- 



