MAGDIE 
Shr. 
ae 
WOODCHAT. 
PLACE, 
HOOK-BILLED 
Shr. 
Var. A. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Ss He Ree BS 
Lanius picatus, 2nd, Ors. i. p. 73. 20; 
La Pie Piegriefche, Lewaill. Oif it. p. 33. pl. 60.—Daud. Ora. ii. p. 246. 
Hanius Leverianus, Leverian Shrike, Zew Mu/.t. 59: 
Magpie Shrike, Lath, Syz. i. p. 192. 49.—Jd. Sup. p. 54. 
F the (native place of this bird had not been already afcertained to 
be South America, we might have brought the authority of Mr. 
Levaillant to confirm it, who as well as Sir Afton Lever received a 
fpecimen from Cayenne. 
Lanius rutilus, Ind. Orn. i, p. 70. 12. 
La Pie-griefche ronfle, Levaill. Oi/-ii. p: 46. pl. 63. 
Woodchat, Lath. Syz.i, p. 169. 17- 
N England, this bird is certainly very uncommon; moft authors 
fuppofe it to be a different fpecies from the Red-backed Shrike, 
whilft others efteem it as only a variety. I have only feen one bad 
fpecimen, which is in the Leverian Mufeum, but Mr. Levaillant 
obferves, that it is met with in Sevega/, and not uncommon at the Cape 
of Good Hope, efpecially the interior parts of it, and that fuch birds 
as are brought from thence do not effentially differ from the Ewro- 
pean one. 
Lanius curviroftris, Ind. Oru. i. p. 72. 156 
Hook-billed Shrike, Lath. Syz. i. p.171.19. Var.” 
HIS fpecies extends farther than generally imagined, as it has 
been found in New Holland; it be! in having the whole top 
of the head black, below the eye on each fide; but the bafe of the 
bill on the forehead is white, 
