i6i 



SHRIKE. 



greater fize than the other; and, indeed, it is well known that 

 thofe of Sweden and Germany exceed thofe of other parts by much 



in bignefs, 



Var. B. 



"White 

 Variety. 



A Variety of this bird * has been known of a pure white 





throughout, except the bill and claws, which were black, 

 and the legs yellowifh. 



+- LOUrSIANE 



s. 



Description. 



Place. 



Lanius ludovicianus, Lin. SyJ}. i. p. 134. N°6. 



La pie-griefche de la Louifiane, Brif. orn. ii. p. 162. N° 8. pi. 15. f. 2» 

 — PI. enl. i<tf.—Am. Zool. N° 



IZE of the cinereous Shrike, which it much refembles, but the 

 colours rather darker, and the fcapulars not white : tail fea- 

 thers black ; all but the two middle ones have white ends ; the 

 bafe is alfo white. 



This is a native of ' Louijiana.. 



6. 



SENEGAL. 



S. 



Description. 



Lanius Senegalus, Lin. Syj?. i. p. 137. N° 21. 



La pie-griefche grife du Senegal, Brif. orn. ii. p. 167. N° io. pi. 17. F.: l. 

 — PI. enl. 297.. f. 1. 



1" ENGTH eight inches and three quarters: fize of the red- 

 backed. The bill is black ; the bafe befet with bridles : the 

 upper part of the head is black : above the eye a dirty white line : 

 through the eye a flreak of black : upper part of the body grey ; 



Brif. orn. ii. p. 145. La -pie-g>iefche blanche, 



7 



beneath. 



