38 LANIIDyE. 



Lanius minor. LESSER GREY SHRIKE. 



Lanius minor, Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 308 (1788). 

 Lanius minor, Naum. ii. p. 15 ; Gould, ii. pi. 14 ; Harting, 

 p. 98; Newton, i. p. 205 ; Dresser, iii. p. 393. 



Minor = lesser. 



A rare accidental visitor to England, breeding in Central 

 and Southern Europe and North Africa, and wintering in 

 South Africa. Eastwards its range extends through Persia 

 and Turkestan. 



Lanius COllurio. RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 

 Lanius Collurio, Linn&us, S. N. i. p. 136 (1766). 



Lanius collurio, Naum. ii. p. 30; Macg. iii. p. 505 ; Hewitson, 

 p. 70; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 161; id. ed. 3, i. p. 171; Newton, 

 i. p. 209; Harting, p. 9; Dresser, iii. p. 399. 



Enneoctonus collurio, Gray, p. 82; Gould, ii. pi. 15. 



Red-backed Shrike, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 154. 



Cotturw, thus latinized by Gaza (1476) from Aristotle's KoXXvpiuv, H. A. ix. 23, 

 where some read /cojOvXXtwr, which might mean "hooded," from Kopvs = a 

 helmet, and become jcoXAvjot'wv by metathesis. 



A common summer visitor, becoming rarer in the north. 

 Breeds throughout Central and Southern Europe, except in 

 the Spanish Peninsula, wintering in South Africa. Eastwards 

 it ranges through Persia to Turkestan, occasionally straggling 

 into North-west India in winter. 



Lanius pomeranus. WOODCHAT. 



Lanius pomeranus, Sparrman, Mus. Carls, fasc. i. 

 no. 1 (1786). 



Lanius rufus, Naum. ii. p. 22 ; Hewitson, p. 72. 



Lanius rutilus, Macg. iii. p. 502; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 167; id. 



ed. 3, i. p. 177; Harting, p. 9. 

 Enneoctonus rufus, Gray, p. 83 ; Gould, ii. pi. 16. 

 Lanius auriculatus, Newton, i. p. 215; Dresser, iii. p. 407. 



