538 GREAT CINEREOUS SHRIKE. 



The grey of the upper parts tinged with brown, the white of the 

 lower with yellowish-brown, in other respects the same. 



Young bird. Plate CXC 1 1. Fig. 4. 



The bill greyish-blue, at the end brownish-black, the upper parts 

 grey, deeply tinged with brown, with which the quills and their coverts 

 are margined ; the upper tail-coverts transversely barred ; the whitish 

 line over the eye less distinct, the ear-coverts dark brown, the lower parts 

 pale grey, tinged with brown, and undulated all over ; the four middle 

 tail-feathers black. 



The older the birds are, the more pure and pale does the grey of the 

 upper parts become, while the undulations of the lower parts gradually 

 disappear, although I have not seen an individual in which they were alto- 

 gether obliterated. 



On comparing this bird with the Lanius Excubitor of Europe, I can- 

 not perceive any differences that could induce me for a moment to con- 

 ceive them distinct. The relative length of the quills, the length of the 

 bill and tarsus, the general form, size, and colouring, differ in no essen- 

 tial respect. I am, therefore, decidedly of opinion that our Shrike is the 

 same bird as that which occurs in Europe. The old female, as has been 

 stated above, differs little in tint from the old male, the younger birds 

 only (of both sexes) being deeply browned. A fine adult male which was 

 shot near Edinburgh, and is preserved in the beautiful Museum of the 

 University of that city, agrees in all respects with specimens from America 

 in my possession. 



Ckat^gus APiiroLiA, Mich. Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 28?. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. 

 p. 336 IcosANDRiA Pentagynia, Linn. Rosace^i;, Juss. 



This species of Hawthorn bears a great resemblance to that so com- 

 mon in Europe. It grows on the banks of rivers and in damp woods in 

 several of the Southern States, and attains a height of twelve or fifteen 

 feet. The leaves are somewhat triangular in their general outline, inciso- 

 lobate, the lobes acute and deeply toothed ; the flowers white, and the 

 berries ovate or oblong, of a deep red colour. 



