SHRIKE. 



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Lanius curviroltrls, Lin.Syft.i. p. 135- N°8. 19. ■ 



L'Ecorcheur de Madagafcar, Brif. orti. ii. p. 191. pi. 19. f. 1.— PI. enl. HOOK-BILLED 



228. 

 Le Vanga, ou, Becarde a ventre blanc, Buf. oif. i. p. 312. 



'"TTHIS meafures ten inches in length, and is of the fize of a Description. 



Blackbird. The bill is black, and above an inch and a 

 quarter in length ; the tips of both mandibles more crooked than 

 in any of the fpecies : the hind head is of a greenifh black -, the 

 reft of the head, throat, neck, breaft, belly, fides, under wing, and 

 tail coverts, white: the upper parts of the body black; each 

 feather edged with greenifh black : the greater wing coverts 

 obliquely tipped with white, forming a band on the wing: quills 

 black; on the firft five is a white fpot, and the inner margins are 

 white alfo : the tail is afh-coloured half way from the bafe ; after- 

 wards black, with the very tip white ; the two middle feathers 

 the longeft : the legs are lead-colour : the claws blackifh. 



This is a native of Madagafcar, where it goes by the name Place. 



of Vanga; it feeds on fruits, and is faid to whittle well*. 



Pie-griefche d'Antigue, Son. Foy. p. 114. pi. 70. 



V. 



CIZE of the Red-backed Shrike. Bill large and black ; the 



upper mandible is very long, and the curvature fo exceffive, 



that one would rather take it for a monftrofity, than common to 



any one fpecies: irides dulky : the head is black: the back of a 



20. 



ANTIGUAN 



S. 



Description. 



* Qrn. de Sakrne, p. 32. 

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