-170 



SHRIKE. 



17' 



Var. A, 



La Pie-griefche roufle du Senegal, PL enl. 477, f. 2, 



IN this the upper parts of the body are rufous : the under parts 

 whitifh : the wings wholly brown^ with a fmall fpot of white 

 juft at the bafe of the quills. 



'7- 

 Var.B. 



La Pie-griefche a tete noire du Senegal, PL enl. 474. 



A NOTHER variety. It differs only in having the head blacky 

 and the tail rather longer than in the laft mentioned. 



18. 

 CRESTED RED 



S. 



Lanius criftatus, Lin.Syft.u p. 134. N°3. 



La Pie-griefche roufle de Bengale, Bri/. orn.il. p. 173. N°i3. 



Crefted red or ruffet-coloured Butcher-bird, Ediu. i. pi. 54. 



Description. T ENGTH fix inches and a half : fize of the Red-backed. 

 Head fomewhat crefted* : bill horn-coloured j tip blackifh : 

 upper parts of the body rufous 5 under parts dirty orange, tranf- 

 verfely crofted with black lines : behind each eye is a black 

 mark, like a crefcent : the quills are brown, edged with paler 

 brown : tail rufous above, grey beneath : legs and claws black. 

 Placb. Inhabits Bengal, where it is called Charah. 



* M. de Biiffon fuppofes this not natural, as he has met with fpecimens wherein 

 the head was perfectly fmooth, fo thinks it might happen from the accidental 

 ruffling of the feathers. It may be fo ; but it muft be allowed that the male may 

 have the feathers of the crown much elongated, when the female has not, confti- 

 tuting merely the difference of fex. 



Lanitts 



