154 THE LESSER GREY SHRIKE 



the gun" who shoots to sell or to enrich his own 

 private collection. 



The Lesser Shrike is smaller than the Great Shrike, 

 but it is quite as beautiful and has the same deportment. 

 Besides its smaller size, it is distinguished from its 

 congener, by its black brow, the colour of which merges 

 into that of the broad black stripe. The breast is a. 

 beautiful white, flushed with rose-colour. The white 

 patch on the black wings is quite small. Otherwise the 

 colouring is the same as that of the Great Shrike. Its 

 nest is built in poplar trees bordering the highroad 

 sometimes in other trees. It employs sweet-scented 

 plants in building the nest. It lays five or six pale 

 green eggs, which have a speckled ring round the 

 thicker end. 



