5 54 S H R- I K E, 





Var.-B. Caroline T. 



N°43- 



White-fhouldered7 





Var. C. Louifiane T, 



44. 



Pied. 



,N° 38. 



Black. 



45- 



Spotted. 



39- 



Brafilian. 



46. 



Bulky.. 



40. 



Yellow-bellied.. 



47. 



Brown. 



41. 



Cayenne. 



48. 



Red. 





Var. A. Spotted ditto. 



49- 



Magpie. 



42. 



White. 







THE Shrike, or Butcher-bird, . has the- following eSaracs- 

 terift'ics : 



The bill ftrait at the bafe, with the end more or lefs bent, andi 

 a notch near the tip of the upper mandible. 



The bafe not furnifhed with a cere 



The tongue jagged at the end.. 



The outer toe connected to the middle one, as far as the firPc 

 joint *. 



From the variety of fentiments, in regard to the place which 

 thefe birds fhould hold in the fyfte-m of ornithology, many 

 doubts have formerly arifen with me about them; but while I 

 fix in my own mind the place they are to occupy in this work, it 

 isbutjuft that the reafons for fo doing fhould not be withheld: 

 from the reader. 



Mr. Rayf ranks the SI>n£<?. among his Jlooft-winged Hawks, but: 

 takes in only the three forts mentioned in the Br. Zoology ; with a 

 fourth, which is rnoft likely a variety. Mi de- Buff on places- them. 



• Mr. Seopoli adds, that the fegments of the {kins are feven in number; but: 

 whether this will be fufficient to determine particular genera thoroughly, will be 

 noted hereafter. 



t Syn. avium, p. 18. 



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