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morous and very disagreeable, especially when they are dis- 
turbed., 48 = 47. 
Linneis, Latham, and Gmelin, place the Shrike be- 
tween the genera Strix and Psittacus; but Brisson and 
Cuvier assign it a pla@ in the Passerine order. 
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TAB OVE 
‘LANIUS LINEATUS, 
LL. ater, transversim albo lineatus, rostro pedibusque 
nigvis. 
Habitat apud Berbice. 
Mus. Dom. Macleay. 
LINEATED SURIKE. 
Deep black, with transverse white lines; the beak and 
feet black. 
This elegant bird, which is figured from Mr. Macleay’s 
collection, inhabits Berbice, and is very nearly akin to 
Lanius Doliatus of Linnzus ; from which species, however, 
it is most readily distinguished by the want of two or three 
longitudinal white spots on the head. 
Lanius Doliatus inhabits Cayenne, where it is very ¢om- 
mon. Brisson has given a very goad figure of it in his 
work on Birds, 
