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Distribution in the British Islands. A Eare Visitor from 

 southern Europe ; has occurred in Sussex in Jan. 1911. 



General Distribution. The Southern Great Grey Shrike 

 breeds in Spain, Portugal, and southern France ; it 

 occurs occasionally in Italy, and has been obtained in 

 Heligoland and Corfu. 



Lanius minor. LESSER GREY SHRIKE. 



Lanius minor Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 1, 1788, p. 308 : 



Italy. 



Lanius minor Gmel. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 235; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 38 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 

 1899, p. 149. 

 Minor = leaser. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor in 

 spring and autumn. Has occurred in the Scilly Islands, 

 Devonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Norfolk, Bedford- 

 shire, Yorkshire, and Fair Isle, Shetlands. 



General Distribution. This species breeds in southern 

 and central Europe, with the exception of Spain, as far north 

 as Livonia : east through central and southern Russia to west 

 Siberia, up to 57 N. latitude ; also in Asia Minor, Persia, and 

 Turkestan to the Altai Mountains. It occurs occasionally 

 on migration in western Europe and winters in tropical and 

 south Africa. 



Lanius collurio. RED-BACKED SHRIKE 



Lanius COlluriO Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 94 : 



Sweden. 

 Lanius collurio Linn. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 286 ; 



B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 38 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 



1899, p. 151. 



Collurio, thus latinized by Gaza (1476) from Aristotle's eoXXwp.W, 

 H. A. ix. 23, where some read KopiAAiW, which might mean " hooded," from 

 Kopus = a helmet, and become (coAXi^nwj/ by metathesis. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Summer Visitor to 

 England and Wales but does not nest regularly in the northern 



