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INSESSORES. LANIUS. 



SHRIKE. 



General 

 descrip- 

 tion. 



PLATE 43. Fig. 1. Natural size. 



Bill black, strong, and much hooked at the tip ; the base 

 covered with projecting bristles, that conceal the orifice 

 of the nostrils. Irides blackish-brown. From the base 

 of the upper mandible, a black streak runs past the eye, 

 reaching half-down the neck. Upper parts pearl-grey, 

 passing into pale ash-grey, upon the scapulars, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts. Wing-coverts black. Base of 

 the primary quills white ; the rest black with white tips, 

 under parts greyish- white. Tail wedge-shaped, of twelve 

 feathers ; the two middle ones black, the two next tipped 

 with white ; on the rest the black diminishes to the out- 

 termost feather, which is generally white. Feet and claws 

 black. 



The female differs only from the male bird in having the 

 under parts of a deeper shade of greyish-white, marked 

 with numerous transverse dusky lines. 



RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 



LANIUS COLLURIO, Linn. 



PLATE XL1II. FIG. 2., AND PLATE XLIII. FIG. 2, 3. 



Lanius Collurio, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 136. l2.Gmel. Syst. p. 200 Lath. Ind. 



Ornith. v. 1. p. 69. il.Sriss. v. 2. p. 151. sp. 4. 

 Lanius minor rufus, Raii Syn. p. 18. A. 4 Will p. 54. 

 Merulge congener alia, Raii Syn, p. 67- 13. 

 Lanius spini Torquens, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 1335. 

 La Pie grieche Ecorcheur, Buff. Ois. v. 1. p. 304. t. 21 Id. PI. Enl. 31. 



fig 2 male, and fig. 1. female, under the title of Pie Grieche rousse fe- 



melle.-T'miti. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 147 Le Fail. Ois. d'Afriq. v. 2. 



pi. 64. f. 1. and. 2. 



Rothriickiger Vurger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 90. 

 Red-backed Shrike, Br. Zool. 1. No. 72 Arct. Zool. 2. No. ISl.Lewm's 



Br. Birds, 1. 1. 30 Lath. Syn. 1. p. 167- 25. Id. Supp. p. 52. Mont. 



Ornith. Diet. Id. Supp Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 4 BewicVs Br. Birds, 



1. p. 60 Shaw's Zool. v. 7. p. 315. 



Periodical THE Red-backed Shrike is a regular periodical visitant in 

 visitant. Britain, arriving in the spring, and commencing its equate- 



