272 CLASS AVES. 



Lanius Atrococcineus. Burch. — Zoolog. Journal, jt. 18. 

 Black; beneath scarlet; wings white streaked; tail, 

 two outer feathers, red-tipt. Africa. 



(Perhaps L, Cubla and Bou-bou should be placed in 



this group.) 

 Some are pecuhar to America, especially the Southern 

 part. The males are blackish and the females reddish ; 

 they have been divided into several minor groups. 

 1. The Batara of Azara and genus Thamnophilus, 

 Vieillot. 



The Large Bush Shrike. Lanius Stagurus, Licht. 



Le grand Batara, Az. 211. 

 Slightly crested ; above black ; beneath white ; tips, 

 wing-coverts, and sides of all the tail-feathers white ; 

 female, above, cinnamon ; beneath, dirty-white ; wing- 

 coverts gray-tipt ; eight and a half inches long ; male 

 varies ; wing-spots larger, and more crowded ; quills 

 white-edged. Bahia. 



Pied Shrike, Lath. H. 50. Lanius doliatus, Lin. PI. 



En. 297. 2. Edw. 226. Batara raye, Azara, 212. 



Le Rousset, Vail. O. A. 77. f. 2. Lan. ferrugineus. 



Act. Paris. 

 Tail rounded ; body with crowded black and white 

 bands; female, above chestnut ; beneath ferrugineous ; 

 with a black and white varied collar ; length six and 

 a half inches. Cayenne. 



Black-topped Shrike. Lath. H. 94. Lanius Atrica- 

 pillus, Gm. Merrem. Icon. ii. t. 10. Tyrannus 

 Atricapillus, Vieillot, 48 ? 

 Mouse-gray ; beneath bluish-ash ; crown, nape, shoulders, 

 and wings black ; secondaries and coverts white-edged ; 

 tail side-feathers white tipped ; five inches long. Su- 

 rinam. 



