SHRIKES. 9 



Order II. INSESSORES. 



Fam. LANIID^E. 



GEEAT aEEY SHEIKE. Lanim excubitor, Linnaeus. 



Autumn and winter visitant ; but has been found 

 in England very rarely in summer, and has been 

 thought in consequence to have nested in this country. 

 An important article on this bird and its allies, by 

 Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser, will be found in the 

 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society' for 1870, 

 p. 590. 



EED-BACKED SHEIKE. Lanius collurio, Linnaeus. 



A summer migrant, most numerous in the south of 

 England ; rare in Scotland, and not found in Ireland. 



WOODCHAT. Lanius rutilus, Latham. 



A rare summer visitant to England only. The nest 

 has twice been found at Freshwater, Isle of Wight ; 

 and immature birds have been taken near Penzance 

 and at Scilly. 



Mr. Wise observes, in his ' History of the New 

 Forest,' p. 314, " As some pairs are sometimes to be 

 seen [in the Forest] in the summer, I should not be 



