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of the ears : the irides very dark brown ; the head, neck, 

 back, wing and tail-coverts, pearl grey ; the scapulars 

 tipped with white ; wing-primaries and secondaries black, 

 with a white bar near the base of each feather, which, 

 when the wing is closed, form two white spots ; the secon- 

 daries are also tipped with white ; the upper surface of 

 the four central feathers of the tail black, the next feather 

 on each side tipped with white ; the next one-fourth 

 white, the next one-third white, the next or outer tail-fea- 

 thers almost wholly white ; the tail graduated. The chin, 

 throat, sides of the neck, the breast, belly, flanks, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts, pure white ; under wing-coverts 

 white ; under surface of wing -primaries dusky grey, in- 

 clining to slate grey ; under surface of tail-feathers less 

 pure in colour than the upper surface, but equally denned 

 in the markings ; the legs, toes, and claws, black. 



Females resemble the males, except that the colours of 

 the plumage are not so pure, and the dull white of the 

 breast is marked with numerous greyish semilunar lines. 



Young males resemble the females. 



The whole length of the Grey Shrike is ten inches. 

 Length of wing from the wrist-joint, or carpus, to the end 

 of the longest primary, four inches and three-quarters ; 

 first wing-feather only half as long as the second; the 

 second shorter than the third, fourth, or fifth, which are 

 nearly equal, and the longest in the wing ; the sixth but 

 very little longer than the second. 



