1 64 WAX WING. 



GREAT GREY SHRIKE. 



LANIUS EXCUBITOR. 



Sub-family LANIIN^E. Genus LANIUS. 



A regular though rare autumn and winter visitor. 



In Hampshire it has often occurred in the New Forest 



and in other parts. In many of its habits it resembles 



a bird of prey, sometimes hovering over a mouse like 



a Kestrel. The nest is made of twigs, dry grass, leaves 



and moss, and lined with roots, wool, hair and feathers. 



The eggs, five to seven, are greenish white, spotted 



and blotched with olive brown. 



LESSER GREY SHRIKE. 



LANIUS MINOR. 

 Sub-family LANIIN.E. Genus LANIUS. 



A bird which has occurred less than half a dozen 

 times in the British Islands. 



WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 



LANIUS RUFUS. 

 Sub-family LANIIN^:. Genus LANIUS. 



A bird of which about twenty examples have been 

 obtained, chiefly in the southern and eastern counties. 



WAXWING. 



AMPELIS GARRULUS. 

 Sub-family AMPELIN^;. Genus AMPELIS. 



An occasional winter visitor sometimes in fair 

 numbers. It has been observed in nearly every 

 county, but chiefly in the eastern ones. A very 

 beautiful bird. 



