170 LANIAD^E. 



In the adult male, the beak is black, with the same sort 

 of tooth and depression near the point of the upper man- 

 dible observed in the Red-backed Shrike ; above the base 

 of the upper mandible is a narrow streak of white ; the 

 forehead, round the eyes, the ear-coverts, and a small patch 

 depending therefrom, black ; irides hazel ; crown of the 

 head and nape of the neck, rich chestnut red ; the back 

 black ; the scapulars white ; the rump grey ; upper tail- 

 coverts white : the wings and wing-coverts black ; the 

 primaries white at the base, forming a spot when the 

 wing is closed ; the secondaries white at the end : the 

 central tail-feathers black ; the outer feather on each side 

 wholly white ; the next on each side with the proximal 

 half white ; the distal half black, with a white tip ; the 

 next on each side with a white tip only. The chin, throat, 

 breast, belly, and under tail-coverts, white ; legs, toes, and 

 claws, black. 



The whole length of the male here described was seven 

 inches and a half. The length from the carpal joint to 

 the end of the wing-feathers, four inches : the first wing- 

 feather less than half the length of the second ; the third, 

 fourth, and fifth, longer than the second ; the third the 

 longest of the whole. 



The female has the head and neck dull red ; the scapu- 

 lars dirty white ; the black colour of the back mixed with 

 brown ; the wing-coverts edged with red ; the breast dirty 

 white ; the feathers of the flanks reddish tipped with 

 brown. 



The young bird of the year is reddish brown above, 

 with brown transverse lines ; wings and tails brownish 

 black ; underneath dirty white, with greyish transverse 

 lines. 



The young male in the British collection of Birds in 



