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quite to the middle of the belly, black : the upper part of the 

 body of a greyifli afh-colour ; between the wings mottled with 

 brown : wing coverts tipped with white, hence the wing appears 

 barred with white ; the outer edge of the fecond quills white : the 

 upper tail coverts and tail tipped with white ; on the outer fea- 

 ther two white fpots : legs black. 



One along with the above, fuppofed to be the female, wanted Female;. 

 the creft : the crown was blackifh : chin and throat afh-colour:. 

 the upper part of the body much like the other i between the 

 fhoulders mottled with white : the tail feathers the fame as in the 

 male, but the outer margins white. 



Thefe were brought from Cayenne.. Place,. 



Nootka Shrike, ArB. Zbol. ii. N" 130. ,r^^'™ 



•)- N0OTKA\ 

 SHR 

 T EN G TH feven inches and a quarter. Bill black, except the, Description 



upper half of the lower mandible : crown, lower part of the 

 neck behind, and the back, black : over the eye a white line, ex- 

 tending quite to the nape ; beneath that, one of black ;, from this 

 to the chin wholly white : a narrow white circle encompaflfes the. 

 neck:, lefler wing coverts black j greater white, more or lefs 

 dafhed down the fhafts with black ; prime quills dufl-cy, edged 

 "with yellowilh brown i fecondaries black, edged and tipped with 

 white : tail black, a little rounded ; the four outer feathers tip- 

 ped with white : rump cinereous, the edges of the feathers grey ; . 

 kgs black. 



This waa brought from Nootka Sound, in North America. Pxace. . 



J- Le grand". 



