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Hottuiqua Shrike, Lath. H. 26. Lanius Cubla, Lath. 



Vail. O. A. 72,]. 2. 

 Black; loins white; scapulars half white: wing-coverts 

 white; edged beneath whitish ; quills all black, white 

 fringed; female paler; length six and a half inches. 

 Caffraria. 



Lanius Gambensis, Licht. 

 Head above, ophthalmic region, and back of the neck, 

 black ; back and wing brown ; scapular and loins lead- 

 colour ; wing-coverts white-edged; beneath white ; tail- 

 feathers entirely white : length seven and a half inches. 

 Senegal. 



Senegal Shrike, Lath. Lanius Senegalensis, Lin. pi. 

 Enl. 97. 1. Lanius Erythropterus, Sh. from Vail 

 O.A. 70. 



Grey, beneath white, crown and ocular streak, black ; 

 tail black, white-tipt; quills outer-edge reddish. Nine 

 inches long. Senegal. 



African Shrike, Lath. Lanius Afer, Lath. L. Signatus, 

 Sh. Appears a doubtful species. 



Co/vine Shrike, Lath. Lanius Corvinus, Sh., et L. 



MelUvorus, Licht. Vail, O. A. 78. 

 Above, rufous-ash, streaked and waved with black ; 

 beneath white; chest streaked ; bill brown; eye-streak 

 black ; eyebrow whitish, quill cinnamon brown tipt ; tail 

 long, wedge-shaped ; length twelve inches. Senegal. 



Ferruginous-bellied Shrike, Lath. Lanius ferrugineus, 



Gm. Freycinet, Voy. 17. 

 Blackish; crop and chest white, rump brown, belly 

 and vent femigineous ; length nine inches. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



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